Figurine

48-2-221

From: Turkey (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-221
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Turkey (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Mercury
Description

Statuette: Mercury. Brown patina. Figure is complete, but had been broken at both ankles and repaired. Hermes holds a purse in his right hand and a caduceus in his left. A shawl is thrown over his left shoulder. Wears two feathers in his hair. Eyes are punched circles; tiny slit for a mouth.

Height 5.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 102 - Collector Number | L-2-24 - Old Loan Number

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