Figurine
| Object Number: | 48-2-232 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Syro-Phoenician |
| Provenience: | Syro-Palestine (uncertain) |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Iconography: | Male |
| Height: | 5.3 cm |
| Width: | 2.7 cm |
| Depth: | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number: | 223 - Collector Number L-2-41 - Old Loan Number |
Description
Male figure. Patina is brown with traces of green on the head. Object is complete except for the feet. Short arms, left extended and the right hanging loosely. Both hands have holes for attaching unknown objects. Torso is long, hips flaring, and the legs shapeless. Conical head is indented at the back, towards the top. Almost featureless face is relieved by round and bulging eyes.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Warden, P. G. 1997. The Hilprecht Collection of Greek, Italic, and Roman Bronzes in the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 68, no. A5, pl. 24 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Thesis] 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.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 258-259, no. 259; p. 387, fig. 192 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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