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48-2-265

From: Asia Minor

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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