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Deity: GR.100.1984

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Current Location: Gallery 21

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Description

Eros, yoking peacocks

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.07 m
Height: 0.13 m
Width: 0.175 m

Relative size of this object

17.5 cm13 cm7 cm What does this represent?

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Place(s) associated

  • Myrina ⪼ Turkey

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1984) by Chesterman, M. James D.

Dating

Hellenistic
Production date: circa 150 BC

Materials used in production

Clay

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.100.1984
Primary reference Number: 70449
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 14 September 2017 Last processed: Thursday 8 April 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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