Handle
48-2-302
From: Tunisia | Carthage
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-302 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | West Greek |
| Provenience | Tunisia | Carthage |
| Date Made | 450 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Silenus | Mask |
| Description | Intact.Vertical handle, possibly of an oinochoe. The handle is oval in cross section. The upper part of the handle, which was notched into the lip of the oinochoe, terminates in a female head. The bottom terminal, concave in back so as to fit against the body of the vessel, is composed of a silen mask and palmette. |
| Length | 9.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 320 - Collector Number | L-2-231 - Old Loan Number |
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