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Accession_Number 2009.10.1.1
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Five or six cupids/erotes holding the club of Hercules. Cast number - 948
Inscriptions
Condition Good Condition
Technique/Style
Provenance
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Date
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Attribution
Image

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Front view of a gem cast showing five or six cupids/erotes holding the club of Hercules.
Comparanda Probably after the fresco of Hercules and Omphale, first century AD, from Pompeii, now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
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Beazley_DB
Height
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Handle_height
Other_dims. H - 1.6 W - 2.1
Location 10.2
Edited_by Ashli; Jasmin
Date_edited 28/10/2009; 5.4.2018
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