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Scaraboid: CG 19

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

King standing in profile to left holding two lions

Legal notes

Unknown donor

Measurements and weight

Depth: 9 mm
Height: 23 mm
Width: 20 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given

Dating

6th Century BC-5th Century BC#
Circa -0600 BC - Circa -0401 BC

School or Style

Phoenico-Achaemenid

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Green jasper

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CG 19
Primary reference Number: 124093
Gem catalogue number: E.0.36
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 7 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Scaraboid" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124093 Accessed: 2024-12-29 14:23:28

Citation for Wikipedia

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124093 |title=Scaraboid |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-29 14:23:28|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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