Figurine

Object Number:

48-2-98

Current Location:

Rome Gallery

Provenience:

Turkey (Country)

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Bronze

Iconography:

Bull

Description:

Bull. Green patina. Tail is broken off. There are holes for modernnail. Bull walks with its left legs forward and its head turned slightly to the left. Neck is highly arched. Horns are curled over its head. Only surface details are grooves for the nostrils and behind the jawbone.

Credit Line:

Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harold) Paumgarten

Other Number:

130	-	Field No SF
L-2-106	-	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: 43

[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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