Figurine

48-2-91

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Turkey (Country)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 48-2-91
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Turkey (Country)
Period Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Bull
Description

Bull. Brown patina. Horns, tail, and lower halves of hind legs have broken off and their stubs filed smooth. Heavily proportioned free-standing bull faces forward. Its fore and hind quarters are coarsely articulated. Open mouth is gashed; the eyes and ears are deep round holes. Lower halves of the front legs are thin cylinders turned up at the bottom and gashed to form cleft hooves. Cast solid.

Height 5.1 cm
Length 6.9 cm
Width 0.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 245 - Collector Number | L-2-136 - Old Loan Number

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