Figurine
48-2-254
From: Turkey (Country)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-254 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Turkey (Country) |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Heracles |
| Description | Applique: Bust of Herakles. Bust cleaned in 1966. There is a hole for modern nail at the back. Bust protrudes from a round flat base hollowed at the back. Herakles, wearing a lipn's skin over his head and tied by the paws at his chest, looks out towards left. Grooves decorate the base, and emphasize the lion's skin and Herakles' features. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 220 - Collector Number | L-2-48 - Old Loan Number |
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