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Accession_Number 2009.8.169
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Latex
Fabric
Fabric_description Red
Munsell_color
Decoration A woman with a torch sitting on an eagle, holding a head (?) in her other hand. Eagle probably Zeus. Cast number: 23
Inscriptions
Condition Intact
Technique/Style
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Front view of a gem cast showing a woman with a torch sitting on an eagle, holding a head (?) in her other hand. Eagle probably Zeus.
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Beazley_DB
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Handle_height
Other_dims. H 1.7 W 1.4
Location 10.2
Edited_by Stefanie Ulrich; Joana varela
Date_edited 19/08/2009; 18.04.2017
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