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Accession_Number 2009.10.2.267
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Latex
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Decoration Nude Ares and Aphrodite embracing on a bed to the right, with Hephaestus standing over them and casting a net over them, and a fourth figure (?) reclining in the left corner. Number 57
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Condition Intact
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Front view of a gem cast showing nude Ares and Aphrodite embracing on a bed to the right, with Hephaestus standing over them and casting a net over them, and a fourth figure (?) reclining in the left corner.
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Other_dims. H -1.3, W - 1.7
Location 10.2
Edited_by Charley and Julie
Date_edited 10/3/10
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