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Accession_Number 2009.8.60
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration An old man with a beard holding a role of parchment in one hand. Maybe a philosopher. Cast number: 56
Inscriptions
Condition Intact
Technique/Style
Provenance
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Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a gem cast showing a alf clothed man with a beard, probably a philosopher, facing forwards and standing contrapposto, holding parchment in his right hand.
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. H 2.7 W 1.9
Location 10.2
Edited_by Stefanie Ulrich; Laura
Date_edited 11/08/2009;4.8.2016
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