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Unguentarium - 73.271.7

Acquisition number: 7327.17

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Unguentarium, reverse.

A standard piriform unguentarium of the first to early second century AD, and probably earlier rather than later.

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Title: Unguentarium - 73.271.7

Acquisition number: 7327.17

Culture or period: Roman Imperial

Date: 1st - early 2nd century AD.

Material: Glass

Object type: Unguentarium

Origin region or location: United Kingdom

Origin city: Durovernum.

Display case or on loan: 9

Keywords: Roman, Imperial, Britain, Romano-British, Glass, Durovernum, Canterbury, Roman Britain

73.271.7 (NGA)

Unguentarium

On loan from the National Gallery of Australia.

Durovernum (modern Canterbury), Britain.

A standard piriform unguentarium of the first to early second century AD, and probably earlier rather than later.

National Gallery of Australia.

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