Mask
| Object Number: | 48-2-264 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Roman (uncertain) |
| Provenience: | Turkey (Country) |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Silver Copper |
| Height: | 3.6 cm |
| Width: | 2.3 cm |
| Depth: | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number: | 219 - Collector Number L-2-59 - Old Loan Number |
Description
Object was cleaned in 1966, was make of a mixture of silver and copper, with a high silver content. Mask is intact except for a crack at the bottom. Hollow back has a small protrusion which was drilled in modern times in order to hold a nail. Face is highly modeled. It seems to be the face of a silen although it has leonine qualities.
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. 48, no. 149, pl. 17 | 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. 200, n. 207; p. 365, fig. 148 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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