gem
- Museum number
- 1885,0417.3
- Description
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Sard gem engraved with Eros kneeling with his right knee on an altar and his hands bound behind his back; he looks up at a butterfly on a column. There is a Greek inscription.
- Production date
- 1stC-3rdC
- Dimensions
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Length: 1.30 centimetres
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Width: 1.10 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1996 14 Jun-29 Sep, London, The British Library, The Mythical Quest
- Acquisition date
- 1885
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1885,0417.3
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1923,0401.175 (previously registered as)