Figurine
Spout
| Object Number: | 48-2-152 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Etruscan (uncertain) |
| Provenience: | Turkey (uncertain) |
| Date Made: | 399-300 BC |
| Early Date: | -399 |
| Late Date: | -300 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Iconography: | Ram Head |
| Height: | 3.8 cm |
| Width: | 4.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number: | 66 - Collector Number L-2-58 - Old Loan Number |
Description
Dark brown patina. Object is intact. Vessel spout is in shape of a horned animal with an open mouth squared at the inner edges. Edge of back is smooth, showing that the head was an applique fastened by the two holes at the sides through the ears. Eyes are deep hollows surrounded by grooves.
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. 51, no. 157, pl. 18 | 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. 52, no. 52; p. 311, fig. 43 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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