IDENTIFIERS
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id:	208995
accession number:	E.1.1983

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Wednesday 29 June 2016
updated:	Tuesday 24 August 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Probably carved in one of the eastern provinces of the empire created by Alexander the Great, this falls at the end of the long tradition of engraving cylinder seals. Three nude youths, one with bow-case (?) propped behind legs, one wearing shield and holding greave (?) and one donning greave with shield hanging behind.
object type: surface chipped
title:	seal

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Lot 52, Sotheby cat., 1 December 1930.


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:	Wellcome Collection

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/208995





CATEGORIES
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category: engraved gems

DATING
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creation date:	323 - 31
creation date earliest:	323
creation date latest:	31
culture:	Hellenistic


DIMENSIONS
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value: 15

value: 20