Figurine

Protome

Object Number:

48-2-135

Current Location:

Rome Gallery

Culture:

Greek

Provenience:

Turkey (Country)

Date Made:

499-400 BC

Early Date:

-499

Late Date:

-400

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Bronze

Iconography:

Bull

Description:

Bull. Green patina. Left foreleg is broken off. Hollow protome of a bull is slightly concave at the back in order to fit against the curve of a vessel. Head turned slightly to left. Forelock rendered in relief.

Credit Line:

Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harold) Paumgarten

Other Number:

15	-	Collector Number
L-2-67	-	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: p. 44, no. 124, pl. 13

[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.