Figurine

48-2-64

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Turkey (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 48-2-64
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Turkey (uncertain)
Date Made 100-299 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Eagle | Animal
Description

Eagle on a bull's head. Traces of green patina. Lime deposits in the grooves. Horizontal bull's head is flat on the bottom. On it sits an eagle with its wings crossed over its tail. Modeling is heavy and bulky. Feathers of wings tips, breast, neck and tail are engraved.

Height 3.6 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 214 - Collector Number | L-2-130 - Old Loan Number

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