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Scaraboid: CM.13.1976

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

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Description

Youth in profile to left, body swivelled to frontal, picking up discus, left arm raised

Legal notes

Purchased with help of Rylands/ National Art Collections/ V&A Museum Grant-in-Aid funds

Measurements and weight

Depth: 5 mm
Height: 12 mm
Width: 9 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought

Dating

Circa -0510 BC - Circa -0490 BC

School or Style

Archaic Greek

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Carnelian

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.13.1976
Primary reference Number: 124122
Gem catalogue number: CG 46
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 7 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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