Figurine
Vessel Attachment
48-2-150
From: Turkey (Country) | Samsoun
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-150 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Turkey (Country) | Samsoun |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Winged Man |
| Description | Cista foot: winged man. Green patina was removed in 1966. Hole in the bottom for the insertion of a nail was stuffed with rope to secure a screw. Balding man has a beard and moustache. His bare torso grows from a calyx supported on a lion's paw and concave raised raised disc base. Wings, decorated with incised feathers, sprout from the shoulders. Between them, on back, was a projecting boss to support a vesse. |
| Height | 7.9 cm |
| Width | 7.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 170 - Collector Number | L-2-46 - Old Loan Number |
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