IDENTIFIERS
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id:	124600
accession number:	CG 522

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 24 January 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: a comic mask of a slave with large mouth, bushy eyebrows and bald head, slightly turned to the right.  Probably intended to represent the bald-headed cook (maison) in New Comedy
title:	cameo

NOTES
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type: history note
value: given by Dr M.R. James


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/124600





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: 11

value: 13



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