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Ringstone: CG 182

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Silenus sitting on a rock in profile to the right, his corpulent body completely nude. He plucks the strings of his lyre. Behind him is his thyros and in front is an aedicula standing on a rock

Notes

History note: Leake collection

Measurements and weight

Depth: 2 mm
Height: 13.5 mm
Width: 12 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought by Leake, William Martin

Dating

1st Century BC, second half#
Circa -50 - Circa -1

School or Style

Augustan

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Carnelian

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CG 182
Primary reference Number: 124258
Gem catalogue number: B 186(CM)
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 9 November 2015 Last processed: Wednesday 7 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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