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TITLE OF WORK: Engraved ring with dancing maenad. Gold.
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, engraved ring, gold
DATE: -375
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 1.9 x 1.3 cm
COMMENTS: With her head thrown back in ecstasy, a maenad or female follower of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine, dances on the engraved bezel of this gold ring. The maenad's left arm is thrown back over her head
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece
KEYWORDS: thyrsos
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