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496, Hercules strangling the lion. Below them the lion?s cave and the heads of a lion (lioness?) and a cub(?) within it, a tree behind.

  • Record Number: 40004838
  • Sub-database: Marlborough
  • Reference Number: 496
  • Material of Original Gem: Onyx
  • Description: Hercules strangling the lion. Below them the lion?s cave and the heads of a lion (lioness?) and a cub(?) within it, a tree behind.
  • Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 308
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 496
  • Shape: Cameo
  • Size: 39x28
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