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Accession_Number 2007.9.3.45
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
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Munsell_color
Decoration A large man wearing Greek attire and a beard, sacrificing a female infront of another female. Possibly the depiction of Agamemnon sacrificing Iphigenia, his daughter, infront of Clytemnestra (carrying an axe).
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Front view of a gem cast showing a large man wearing Greek attire and a beard, sacrificing a female infront of another female.
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Beazley_DB
Height 1.8
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. Max W. 1.6
Location 10.2
Edited_by Amy:Elizabeth:Guja;Laura
Date_edited 31.10.2007;17.08.2016
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