IDENTIFIERS
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id:	124272
accession number:	CG 195

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 9 November 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: a sphinx standing on her hind legs in profile to the right and resting her forepaws against the breast of a nude youth who kneels facing her.  The youth does not seem to be under direct attack and thus it is probable that the subject is Oedipus's parley with the sphinx.
title:	ringstone

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Given by A.A. de Pass


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124272





CATEGORIES
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category: engraved gems

DATING
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creation date:	101 - 1
creation date earliest:	101
creation date latest:	1
culture:	1st Century BC#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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value: 10

value: 14



CITATIONS
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Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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