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A bull bounding towards the left, dragging along the helpless Dirce who is attached to its horns by a rope
History note: Given by A.A. de Pass
Given by A.A. de Pass
Depth: 2 mm
Height: 21 mm
Width: 13 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given by de Pass, Alfred A.
First century B.C.`
Production date:
circa
100 BC
Intaglio
Accession number: CG 140
Primary reference Number: 124216
Gem catalogue number: P 13(CM)
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Ringstone" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124216 Accessed: 2023-02-01 17:33:18
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|title=Ringstone
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-02-01 17:33:18|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-124216
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Accession Number: CG 656
Accession Number: ANE.201.1982
Accession Number: ANE.202.1982
Accession Number: CG 124
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