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Source Description
The handle is round in section and ends in a ram's head. The rings were made by turning the ivory on a lathe before the head was carved. A tang fitted into the object, now missing, for which it served as a handle.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
8001
label
Handle Terminating in a Ram's Head
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
8001
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object
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normalized
title
Handle Terminating in a Ram's Head
description
The handle is round in section and ends in a ram's head. The rings were made by turning the ivory on a lathe before the head was carved. A tang fitted into the object, now missing, for which it served as a handle.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st-2nd century (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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handles
tools
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)
Source extras
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Roman
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bone
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6191
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
3009
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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69080dc381842c1d