Figurine

50-1-36

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 50-1-36
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Mouse
Description

Complete. Crouching mouse, its tail curled back over its back. Flat underneath. Eyes represented by a deep hole at each side. A shallow round cavity underneath may have fitted over a pin by which the mouse was fastened to some object as decoration.

Height 1.3 cm
Length 2.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. R. Hare Davis, 1950

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