Caduceus

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Inventory number

ΕΑΜ Χ 7025

Category

Bronzes

Period

Classical Period

Date

5th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.35 m

Material

Bronze

Location

First Floor Case 19, Νο 8

Description
Bibliography

Intact caduceus of a small size. It is in the form of a long rod that ends in two intertwined shoots with two snake heads facing each other.

De Ridder, A., Bronzes Trouvés sur l' Acropole d'Athènes, Paris, 1896, σελ. 134-135, εικ. 84, αρ.κατ. 410
Crome, J.F., «Kerykeia», Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Athenische Abteilung 63/64, 1938/39, σελ. 120, αρ.κατ. 10