Statuette
Object Number:
MS3470
Current Location:
Rome Gallery
Culture:
Roman
Provenience:
Italy
Latium
Lake Nemi
Period:
Roman Period
Date Made:
125 BC
Early Date:
-125
Late Date:
-1
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Marble (Stone)
Alabaster
Technique:
Carved
Iconography:
Satyr
Head
Faun
Description:
Small. White marble. Intact, broken off just below Adam's apple. Frontal pose. Pointed ears. Abundant curly hair bound with plain fillet. Romano notes later recutting.
Height:
14.5cm
Width:
9cm
Depth:
15cm
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Roman Sculpture Gallery (1975 - 2000)
Roman World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Romano, Irene B. 2006. Classical Sculpture; Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 135, no. 70
[Book] Moltesen, Mette. 1997. Dianas Hellige Lund: Fund fra en Helligdom i Nemi: In the Sacred Grove of Diana: Finds from a sanctuary at Nemi. 5-235. : Page/Fig./Plate: 208:245
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