Object Number | 48-2-265 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Asia Minor |
Date Made | 100-299 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Satyr Head |
Description | Satyr head. green patina. Satyr's head bears horns flanked by leaves and stiff locks of hair. On either side of the chin is a projection perhaps signifying wisps of hair. Face is full and fleshy. Eye sockets are hollowed probably to hold inset eyes. Strands of hair, eyebrows, leaf weins, and forehead wrinkles are all indicated by engraving. |
Height | 5.5 cm |
Width | 4.9 cm |
Depth | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
Other Number | 132 - Collector Number | L-2-54 - Old Loan Number |
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