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Figurine
Votive
| Object Number: | MS5756 |
| Current Location: | Etruscan Italy Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Roman |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria Caere |
| Date Made: | 3rd century BC - 1st century BC |
| Early Date: | -299 |
| Late Date: | 0 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Terracotta |
| Iconography: | Male Head Man |
| Height: | 21cm |
| Width: | 14.5cm |
Description
Missing: ca. 1/3 of (our) right side; otherwise intact. Forward part of head only represented, down to base of neck. Frontal pose; curly locks above forehead. Framed by a very simplified representation of a mantle drawn over head. Back plain; no vent hole preserved. Yellow clay with abundant grits. Traces of red on face and black on hair. Around 2/3 life size.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 45, fig. 31; pp. 244-245, no. 271 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] White, Donald, et al. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 32, no. 48 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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