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Accession_Number 2007.9.2.3
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Circular
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Displays a winged woman in flight, her head bowed, and carrying two naked children in her arms who appear to be asleep. (Box Index = Personification of Night). Tray 5, layer 1, Gem 3
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 winged woman in flight, her head bowed, and carrying two naked children in her arms who appear to be asleep
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters 4.3
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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