altar
- Museum number
- 1857,1220.166.a
- Description
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Fragment of a terracotta cylindrical model altar festooned with swags or wreaths.
Technique: presumably made in two moulds.
Clay: brown, coarse, with mica.
Condition: fragmentary, only about one-third of the complete altar now survives.
- Production date
- 500 BC-330 BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 5 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Tc. Cat.
This altar is a miniature version of a marble type common in Hellenistic Rhodes, Kos and Caria.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1857
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1857,1220.166.a
