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Object type
Museum number
1814,0704.1391
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Description
Rectangular sard gem engraved with two youths wrestling, one on his knees; on the right is a half-draped trainer holding a palm-branch; on the left is a vase on a column.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 2ndC BC-1stC BC
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Production place
- Made in: Italy
- (Europe,Italy)
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Materials
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Length: 1 centimetres
- Width: 0.8 centimetres
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Curator's comments
Accords with Maaskant-Kleibrink's Italic-Republican Pellet Style. See. M. Maaskant-Kleibrink, Catalogue of the Engraved Gems in the Royal Cabinet of the Hague, 1978, pp. 131-132.
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Bibliography
- Gem 2139
- Gem 2139
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Location
Not on display
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Subjects
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1814
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Department
Greek & Roman Antiquities
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Registration number
1814,0704.1391
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