Figurine
Rattle
51-46-186
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 51-46-186 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy | Campania | Pompeii |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 1st century CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Boy | Pig |
| Description | Unglazed pottery toy rattle; child astride an animal. Decadence." (PMA/GMB 1955) Terracotta: Boy on pig. Pig standing frontal; nude boy astride, one hand forward between ears of pig, the other back on pig's hindquarters. Rectangular plinth hollow beneath. Vent hole in pig's rear end. A peppet within. Inscribed "Toy rattle Pompeii" (GRE 1979) |
| Height | 10.75 cm |
| Length | 9.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951 |
| Other Number | 82-83 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-186 - Old Loan Number | I-984 - Seder Number |
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