Head: GR.S.2

Current Location: Gallery 22 (Cypriot)

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Head

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Description

Head of baby

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.12 m
Width: 0.171 m

Relative size of this object

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Dating

Hellenistic
-0200 BC - -0101 BC

Materials used in production

Marble (Parian)

References and bibliographic entries

Catalogue of the Greek and Roman sculpture in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.S.2
Primary reference Number: 70903
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Head" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/70903 Accessed: 2023-06-10 13:29:09

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            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/70903
            |title=Head
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-10 13:29:09|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

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