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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