IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 124601 accession number: CG 523 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 31 January 2022 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: bust of Aphrodite (Venus), three quarters to the front. Her face is youthful, and her hair is parted at the forehead and arranged in long strands , swept upwards and secured by means of a headband. The features recall those of both Antonia and Livia. the goddess wears a chiton and holds a cup in her left hand with which she nourishes an eagle with swept-back wings, representing Imperial power. title: cameo LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124601 CATEGORIES ------ category: engraved gems DATING ------ creation date: 50 - 1 creation date earliest: 50 creation date latest: 1 culture: 1st Century BC, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: mm value: 35 dimension: Width units: mm value: 30 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: The Nature of Diamonds title: The Nature of Diamonds title: The Nature of Diamonds title: The Nature of Diamonds CITATIONS -------- Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, 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