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Photographer: Trustees of the British Museum
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H: 65.6 cm ; W: 77.5 cm ; D: 16 cm
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Dates to c. 1st-2nd century CE. Marble relief commemorates either the discharge or release of the two female gladiators after a draw.
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Attributed to the Trustees of the British Museum under the license CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
Abstract
A marble relief depicting two female gladiators, named Amazon and Achillia, in the inscriptions below. They are both armed with swords and shields attacking each other. Their helmets appear at the near the bottom of the relief on either side of the platform on which they stand.
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