Figurine

Protome

Object Number:

48-2-145

Current Location:

Rome Gallery

Culture:

Roman

Provenience:

Turkey (Country)

Date Made:

200-299 AD

Early Date:

200

Late Date:

299

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Bronze

Iconography:

Lion

Description:

Lion. Greenish patina removed in 1966. Color of metal is now yellow with a silvery artificial dusting. Body is broken off just behind forelegs; and ends of legs were also broken off. There is a hole in the bottom for a modern nail. The lion is couchant or crouching with its front paws extended. hair of the mane is in coarse relief.

Credit Line:

Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harold) Paumgarten

Other Number:

14	-	Field No SF
L-2-66	-	Other Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Roman World (15 Mar 2003)

Bibliography:

[Book] Warden, Gregory P. 1997. The Hilprecht Collection of Greek, Italic, and Roman Bronzes in the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 48

[Catalogue] Moore, Charlotte B. 1969. Description and analysis of the bronze and lead objects in the Herman V. Hilprecht Collection, the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.