Figurine

48-2-65

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Turkey (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 48-2-65
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Turkey (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Eagle | Animal
Description

Eagle on a bull's head, on alter. Green patina. Object is very worn. No details. Bird perches on a horizontal bull's head resting on an altar. A series of circles on top molding of altar in a square containing an X and a circle to the right and left. Scalelike pattern on wings. Punched eyes.

Height 4.8 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 51 - Collector Number | L-2-82 - Old Loan Number

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