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Terracotta token: CG 1071

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

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Description

A male bust in profile to the left, garlanded (?) and with long locks hanging down the nape of the neck. The details are not quite clear enough to allow certainty as to whether a maenad or Apollo is represented.

Notes

History note: Given by the trustees of the Wellcome Institute

Measurements and weight

19
22

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by Wellcome Institute, the trustees of the

Dating

1st Century BC-1st Century
Circa -100 - Circa 100

School or Style

Greco-Roman

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Terracotta

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CG 1071
Primary reference Number: 124871
Gem catalogue number: CM.22.1982

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 13 April 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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