Figurine

48-2-141

From: Turkey (Country)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-141
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Turkey (Country)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Iron
Iconography Dolphin
Description

Statuette handle: dolphin. Brown patina. Dolphin's mouth is open, with the lower lip flaring down in order to fit the rim of a deep bowl-like vessel. Tip fin is sharply pointed and appears to have been set into a groove cut in the top of the head. It could be a repair.

Length 6.7 cm
Thickness 1.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 1 - Collector Number | L-2-216 - Old Loan Number

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