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Aulos
(Artist)
Aphrodite seated on rocks holding a rod which is being grasped by a nude boy. Another child clutches her left arm
History note: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Given by the friends of the Fitzwilliam
Depth: 3 mm
Height: 21 mm
Width: 15 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
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Late first century B.C.
Circa
-0100
-
Circa
-0070
Court School
Intaglio
Accession number: CG 167
Primary reference Number: 124243
Gem catalogue number: CM.157.1974
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 (2022)
"Ringstone"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124243 Accessed: 2022-06-27 10:30:39
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|title=Ringstone
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-06-27 10:30:39|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<div class="text-center my-3"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant48/CG_20167_1_201803_kly25_dc2.jpg" alt="Ringstone" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Ringstone</figcaption> </figure> </div>
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