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Intaglio: CM.54-1982

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Helmeted bust of Athena (?). Type C8.

Notes

History note: Lot 142 Sotheby cat., 3-4 March 1931.

Measurements and weight

13
5
8

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1982-07-19) by Trustees of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine

Dating

Hellenistic
-323 BCE - -31 BCE

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Pyrope garnet

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.54-1982
Primary reference Number: 208735
Wellcome: 25
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 11 May 2016 Updated: Wednesday 11 May 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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