altar;
votive offering
- Museum number
- 1868,0405.159
- Description
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Marble cyclindrical altar with the nine Muses carved in relief on its surface.
- Production date
- 150BC-50BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 66.04 centimetres
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Height: 81.28 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Bibliography: Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures II. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Part II. 1876, No. 76; Archaeologische Zeitung. Berlin: 1868, p. 82; 1874, p. 117; Trendelenburg, Der Musenchor, (plate); Bie, op. cit. p. 45.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2017 13 Jul-15 Oct, Madrid, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2017-2018 23 Nov-18 Feb, Barcelona, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2018 20 Mar-24 Jun, Sevilla, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2018 24 Jul-4 Nov, Zaragoza, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2018-2019 18 Dec-31 Mar, Palma, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1868,0405.159
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1868,0620.30 (re-registered in error as)
