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Accession_Number 2007.9.2.22
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Displays the head of a man, possibly Hermes, profile facing right, wearing a winged hat. (Box Index = Head of Perseus).
Inscriptions
Condition Intact
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period Modern
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2019.05.0023.jpg
Front view of a gem cast showing the head of a man, possibly Hermes, profile facing right, wearing a winged hat.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 3.1
Diameters 2.2 across at widest
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 10.2
Edited_by Freya (Guja and Matt 03.12.08);Laura
Date_edited 13.9.2007;11.08.2016
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