IDENTIFIERS
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id:	124476
accession number:	CG 398

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 24 January 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: bust of a bearded man (possibly a Mage) facing; his hair is bushy and is especially luxuriant over his ears; the nose is large and the eyes circular and protruding.  He wears an elaborate tunic, the upper part of which (visible on the gem) has an elaborate neckline.  A Pahlavi inscription over the bust is read by Bivar 'pst'n ('L)yzd'n-'Reliance on the gods'.
title:	ringstone

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Given by Revd. R.L.B. Oliver.


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

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124476





CATEGORIES
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category: engraved gems

DATING
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creation date:	400 - 500
creation date earliest:	400
creation date latest:	500
culture:	5th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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value: 14

value: 15



CITATIONS
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Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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