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Two Oxen in Combat

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Title:
Two Oxen in Combat
Collection:
Cornell Gem Impressions Collection
Date:
19th century
ID Number:
GI_01_148
Accession Number:
01_1_0138
Winckelmann No.:
138
Berlin Catalog No.:
201
Inventory No.:
FG 193
File Name:
GI_01_148.jpg
Stosch Category:
Category 1: Egyptian Gems
Section 4: Anubis and Canopus
Work Type:
casts (sculpture)
Materials/Techniques:
casting (process)
chalcedony
Subject:
combat
Animal fighting
Bites and Stings
Oxen
Description:
The oxen bite at each other
the ox on the right hits the other with his left foot.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collecting Program:
Cornell Collections of Antiquities
Archival Collection:
Cornell Collections of Antiquities
Format:
Image
Rights:
The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Gems Collection (in part the White Collection of Historical Medallions, #8420, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying material, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2013 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Caitlin Barrett and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.

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