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Accession_Number 2009.8.125
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration A bird, maybe a crane, fighting a snake. Cast number 70
Inscriptions
Condition Intact
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2019.03.0236.jpg
Front view of a gem cast showing a bird fighting a snake.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. H 1.2 W 1.4
Location 10.2
Edited_by Stefanie Ulrich; Laura
Date_edited 19/08/2009;10/8/2016
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