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28, Herakles shouldering his club, lionskin over shoulders and holding a large cup, walks with two small Erotes, one clinging to his leg, the other holding a paw of the lionskin. Ground line.

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  • Record Number: 40004836
  • Sub-database: Marlborough
  • Reference Number: 28
  • Material of Original Gem: Onyx
  • Description: Herakles shouldering his club, lionskin over shoulders and holding a large cup, walks with two small Erotes, one clinging to his leg, the other holding a paw of the lionskin. Ground line.
  • Last Recorded Collection: Unknown: 90/193
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 306
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 28
  • Shape: Cameo
  • Size: 57x34
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Last updated 22/04/2024 16:56:00 by Parker, Greg. Created 30/06/2005 09:53:00 by Simon Gregory. Approved by Wagner, Claudia. Copyright © 2003-2025 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/149D9F91-AF05-4706-BC02-07BA21098E08

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