Figurine
| Object Number: | 48-2-222 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Roman |
| Provenience: | Turkey (uncertain) |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Iconography: | Mercury |
| Height: | 6.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number: | 101 - Collector Number L-2-23 - Old Loan Number |
Description
Statuette: Mercury. Spotty green patina cleaned to metal in 1966. Object complete. Stands on disc set above a cylindrical pedestal with a flared bottom cast hollow and filled with a lime deposit. Holds a purse in his lower right hand and his kerykeion in the left. Shawl thrown over left shoulder. Wears a hat with two feathers. Grooved details.
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. 33, no. 74, pl. 7 | 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: p. 78, no. 78 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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