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Statuette fragment: GR.4.1970

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Amazon, from metope sculpture

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.12 m
Width: 0.105 m

Relative size of this object

10.5 cm12 cm1 mm What does this represent?

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Place(s) associated

  • Heraion ⪼ Argolid ⪼ Greece

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1970) by Walston, Lord, CVO, DCL

Dating

Classical
Circa -420 BCE - -400 BCE

Materials used in production

Marble (Pentelic)

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.4.1970
Primary reference Number: 69811
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 11 May 2012 Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Statuette fragment" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/69811 Accessed: 2023-06-10 08:19:03

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