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Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases

This is the Museum of Classical Archaeology Collections online database of the plaster cast, pottery sherd and paper squeeze collections. The sherd and squeeze collections may be of more interest to academic researchers but these databases make our collections accessible to all. Please note, however, that these databases are still works in progress.

Search and explore objects held by the Museum of Classical Archaeology by using the navigation fields at the top of the page. Images of all the casts and most of the sherds are now included.

Alternatively, return to the main website of the Museum of Classical Archaeology.

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Use our search tools to search the Casts Archive  and the Sherds Archive.

Featured Object

This headless seated male figure is identified as Dionysos owing to the strands of long hair that fall on its shoulders. He may also originally have worn a garland of ivy.

Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge

Every cast tells two stories.
One ancient. One modern.

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