Figurine
48-2-56
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Turkey (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-56 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Turkey (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 100-299 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Eagle |
| Description | Eagle on a stepped pyramid. Brown patina. Object intact. Eagle sits on top of a pyramid formed of four receding blocks standing on four feet. Birds feathers are made of incised lunates filled with parallel striations. Eyes are punched circles with central dots indicating pupils. Block-like member decorated with incisions to represent feathers with talons below. |
| Height | 4.8 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 248 - Collector Number | L-2-139 - Old Loan Number |
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