Figurine

Object Number:

48-2-63

Current Location:

Rome Gallery

Culture:

Roman

Provenience:

Turkey (uncertain)

Date Made:

100-299 AD

Early Date:

100

Late Date:

299

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Bronze

Iconography:

Eagle
Animal

Description:

Eagle on bull's head. Dark green patina. Traces of incrustation. Base flares outward like a funnel and has a round molding on the top. On it is a bull's head supporting an eagle. A large piece of hollow base is missing.

Credit Line:

Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harold) Paumgarten

Other Number:

114	-	Field No SF
L-2-95	-	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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