alabastron

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Object Type
Museum number: 1860,1002.70
Description: Bottom fragment of a colourless green-tinged cold-cut glass alabastron, with a cylindrical body and a moulded convex bottom. The interior is ground.
Production date: 600BC - 400BC
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Carthage
Materials
Technique: cold-cut; ground
Dimensions: Diameter: 1.90 centimetres; Height: 3.10 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Glass / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Glass in the British Museum (456); Glass 2 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Glass, Volume 2 (526)
Location: Not on display
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1860
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1860,1002.70
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: DBH.2507

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