Sculpture

MS5970

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5970
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hellenistic (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Hellenistic Period (uncertain)
Date Made 199-100 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Technique Carved
Iconography Hermaphrodite
Description

Standing, frontal figure. Wears long Ionic chiton reaching to the ground in back, raised with both hands in front to expose male genitals. Head, left forearm, left foot, and right calf and front foot missing. Back surface only roughly finished. White marble.

Height 29.5 cm
Width 14 cm
Depth 9 cm
Other Number MS5723 - Old Museum Number

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