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Accession_Number 2007.9.3.53
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Depicts Mucius Scaevola, a general, burning his hand as punishment for killing the wrong man.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a gem cast showing a seated human figure, facing left, possibly an image of Athena Parthenos holding Victory in one hand and a shield in the other.

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Front view of a gem cast showing a male figure.
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 1.8
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. Max W. 1.4
Location 10.2
Edited_by Amy:Elizabeth:Guja;Laura
Date_edited 31.10.2007;17.08.2016
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