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Four-faced: CG 35

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Male bearded head, lion, lioness and crested bird

Notes

History note: Presented by the Greek Government

Legal notes

Presented by Greek Government

Measurements and weight

Height: 20 mm
Width: 14 mm

Relative size of this object

1.4 m2 m What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Place(s) associated

  • Sparta ⪼ Orthia

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by The Greek Government

Dating

Perhaps mid seventh century B.C
Circa -675 BCE - Circa -625 BCE

School or Style

Peloponnesian

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Bone

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CG 35
Primary reference Number: 124111
Gem catalogue number: GR.145.1923
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 16 May 2012 Last processed: Wednesday 25 August 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Four-faced" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/124111 Accessed: 2023-06-06 03:54:31

Citation for Wikipedia

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