BOUND PRISONERS, opaque red kneeling figures with translucent blue wigs, their arms and legs tied behind with yellow and 'black' striped cords, confront each other with a turquoise and red panel behind; above and below are yellow borders containing alternating blue, white, red, white panels - 2.2 x 1.5cm., 0.2cm. thick; and another similar scene, reduced, in opaque white and honey-coloured matrix, with translucent cobalt blue panels between, and alternating turquoise green, red, turquoise green, and blue panels within yellow borders below, mounted on an amber and blue weathered background - 1.8 x 1.3cm., 0.7cm. thick, 3rd-1st Century B.C. (2)

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BOUND PRISONERS, opaque red kneeling figures with translucent blue wigs, their arms and legs tied behind with yellow and 'black' striped cords, confront each other with a turquoise and red panel behind; above and below are yellow borders containing alternating blue, white, red, white panels - 2.2 x 1.5cm., 0.2cm. thick; and another similar scene, reduced, in opaque white and honey-coloured matrix, with translucent cobalt blue panels between, and alternating turquoise green, red, turquoise green, and blue panels within yellow borders below, mounted on an amber and blue weathered background - 1.8 x 1.3cm., 0.7cm. thick, 3rd-1st Century B.C. (2)

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Cf. Goldstein, no. 697

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