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Accession_Number 2009.8.131
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration A wolf with swollen breasts. Probably the wolf that brought up Romulus and Remus. Cast number: 77
Inscriptions
Condition Intact
Technique/Style
Provenance
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Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2019.03.0241.jpg
Front view of a gem cast showing a wolf with swollen breasts.
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Beazley_DB
Height
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Handle_height
Other_dims. H 1.6 W 1.8
Location 10.2
Edited_by Stefanie Ulrich; Laura
Date_edited 19/08/2009;10/8/2016
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