Figurine
48-2-42
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Turkey (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-42 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman | Early Byzantine |
| Provenience | Turkey (uncertain) |
| Period | Early Byzantine Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Bird | Eagle |
| Description | Bird. Black patina, rubbed in places to metal. Bird stands erect and frontal with its tail touching the ground. Its proporations are stocky. Eyes are executed in punched circles. Wings, folded over the back, are indicated by coarse grooving cast in the mold rather than added later. |
| Height | 4.7 cm |
| Length | 5.9 cm |
| Width | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 60 - Collector Number | L-2-81 - Old Loan Number |
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