Figurine

48-2-160

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Turkey (Country) | Gultepe Bei Kayseriye

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 48-2-160
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Turkey (Country) | Gultepe Bei Kayseriye
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Eagle | Animal
Description

Figurine of an eagle combined with an animal. Black patina. Object is intact. Eagle sits with folded wings on top of an almost vertical bull's head. A suspension ring is set in the middle of eagle's back. The eyes of both animals are punched circles. Details of hair and feathers are engraved.

Height 4.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 54 - Collector Number | L-2-157 - Old Loan Number

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