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Accession_Number 2007.9.1.34
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Displays a naked man kneeling on one leg, possibly Perseus, wearing a helmet and a circular shield depicting a face, possibly Medusa's, facing left.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period Modern
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a gem cast showing a naked man kneeling on one leg, possibly Perseus, wearing a helmet and a circular shield depicting a face, possibly Medusa's, facing left.

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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 2.4
Diameters 2.1 at widest
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 10.2
Edited_by Freya; Laura; Jasmin
Date_edited 10.9.2007; 28.7.2016; 30.1.2018
The Ure Museum is part of
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH