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Accession_Number 2007.10.2.159
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Two figures. A man wearing a cape is on his knees and is holding the naked body of a woman. At his feet there is a club suggesting that he is probably Heracles (killing the Amazon Hippolyte?)
Inscriptions
Condition Intact
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2019.07.0159.jpg
Front view of a gem cast showing two figures. A man wearing a cape is on his knees and is holding the naked body of a woman
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 1.9 cm.
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. Max.W. 2.4 cm.
Location 10.2
Edited_by Guja
Date_edited 30.01.08
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