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Eye cup: GR.13.1937

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Eye-cup, (A,B) warrior and horse, bird (I) Gorgoneion

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 0.081 m
Diameter: 0.309 m
Height: 0.11 m
Width: 0.381 m

Place(s) associated

  • Athens

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

Archaic
-0550 - -0500

Materials used in production

Clay

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.13.1937
Primary reference Number: 69302
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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