Tools and EquipmentRoman1st-3rd century CE
Cylindrical Container
1st-3rd century CE
Dimensions
overall: 2.3 x 2.7 cm (7/8 x 1 1/16 in.) lid: 1 x 2.7 cm (3/8 x 1 1/16 in.) base: 2.2 x 2.4 cm (7/8 x 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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