Figurine

Object Number:

48-2-65

Current Location:

Rome Gallery

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.

Credit Line:

Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harold) Paumgarten

Other Number:

51	-	Field No SF
L-2-82	-	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: 56

[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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