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Accession_Number 2009.8.38
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
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Munsell_color
Decoration Cupid and Psyche. A young man in a tight embrace with a young woman. Inscription on the left side. Cast number: 13
Inscriptions
Condition Intact
Technique/Style
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Image

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Front view of a gem cast showing a naked young man and a half naked young woman facing forwads but embracing with their arms and kissing.
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Beazley_DB
Height
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Other_dims. H 2.8 W 2.3
Location 10.2
Edited_by Stefanie Ulrich; Laura
Date_edited 11/08/2009;4.8.2016
The Ure Museum is part of
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH