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Ringstone: CG 210

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Current Location: Gallery 21

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Description

A comic actor in the role of the New Comedy procurer, clad in a himation and wearing a partly bald mask with a long beard, standing towards the front. In his right hand he holds a long staff with a crooked handle. Ground line.

Notes

History note: Shannon bequest

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 14 mm
Width: 9 mm

Relative size of this object

90 cm1.4 m What does this represent?

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

Late first century B.C.
Circa -0080 - Circa

School or Style

Augustan

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Carnelian

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CG 210
Primary reference Number: 124287
Gem catalogue number: S 30(CM)

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Ringstone" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/124287 Accessed: 2023-06-03 13:07:04

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