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Eros standing in profile to the right, with his right hand lowered towards a flame on a small altar. Beyond the altar is a circular shrine upon a rock, which is approached by a short stairway. The shrine contains an image of Aphrodite Anadyomene. behind the shrine is a tree.
History note: McClean bequest
Height: 19 mm
Width: 16 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
by
McClean, Frank
First or second century A.D.
Circa
-
Circa
200
Intaglio
Accession number: CG 301
Primary reference Number: 124379
Gem catalogue number: B 220(CM)
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Ringstone"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/124379 Accessed: 2022-06-27 09:30:16
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