IDENTIFIERS
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id:	124607
accession number:	CG 529

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 14 May 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Female bust shown full face in high relief.  The face is impassive and mask-like with prominent eyes, the pupils boldly outlined.  The hair is parted vertically from the forehead.  A cross on the neck may be a later addition.  Stars have been engraved in intaglio upon it, and three are now visible on one side, four on the other.
title:	cameo

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/124607





CATEGORIES
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category: engraved gems

DATING
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creation date:	280 - 320
creation date earliest:	280
creation date latest:	320
culture:	3rd Century, Late-4th Century, Early

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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value: 18

value: 21



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