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Ringstone: CG 231

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

An eagle shown with its body to the front and legs splayed. It faces right. A pair of bearded masks which flank it serve as wings and relate the device to the quasi-amuletic class of combinations. Monogram.

Notes

History note: Given by Mrs. C.G. Carrington

Measurements and weight

17
22

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by Carrington, C. G. Mrs

Dating

1st Century BC#
Circa -100 - Circa

School or Style

Late Hellenistic/Augustan

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Sardonyx

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CG 231
Primary reference Number: 124309
Gem catalogue number: CN.473.1970
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 20 November 2015 Last processed: Wednesday 7 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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