Figurine

48-2-250

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Italy | Genoa

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 48-2-250
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Genoa
Date Made 100-299 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Metal
Iconography Deity
Description

Deity. Cleaned to metal in 1966. Seems to be complete. Figure stands rigidly at attention, clutching a long, straight staff extending in front from ankles to chin. Deity wears a long tight-fitting garment. Head has both human and jakal (?) ears. Features are blurred. Low projection under feet was drilled to hold a modern nail.

Height 8.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 236 - Collector Number | L-2-200 - Old Loan Number

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