IDENTIFIERS
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id:	124598
accession number:	CG 520

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 7 June 2022

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: a female figure, perhaps a muse, walking towards the right.  She wears a long chiton and mantle, the folds of which flutter out behind her, and plays a lyre which she holds in her left hand.  Her head is thrown back as though to express ecstasy or inspiration.
title:	cameo

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Shannon bequest


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
collection:	Ricketts and Shannon Collection
creditline: The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124598





CATEGORIES
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category: engraved gems

DATING
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creation date:	100 - 1
creation date earliest:	100
creation date latest:	1
culture:	1st Century BC#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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value: 15*

value: 23



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