Figurine

Object Number:

48-2-66

Current Location:

Rome Gallery

Culture:

Roman

Provenience:

Turkey (uncertain)

Date Made:

100-199 AD

Early Date:

100

Late Date:

199

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Bronze

Iconography:

Eagle
Animal

Description:

Eagle on ram's head. Traces of green patina remain. Object is intact. There is a hole for nail in center. Eagle stands on a horizontal ram's head, with left leg forward and head turned to right. Its wings are crossed over its tail. Ram's wool and detailed feathers of eagle are shallow relief.

Credit Line:

Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harold) Paumgarten

Other Number:

65	-	Field No SF
L-2-85	-	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: 57

[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.

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