Figurine
48-2-91
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Turkey (Country)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-91 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Turkey (Country) |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Bull |
| Description | Bull. Brown patina. Horns, tail, and lower halves of hind legs have broken off and their stubs filed smooth. Heavily proportioned free-standing bull faces forward. Its fore and hind quarters are coarsely articulated. Open mouth is gashed; the eyes and ears are deep round holes. Lower halves of the front legs are thin cylinders turned up at the bottom and gashed to form cleft hooves. Cast solid. |
| Height | 5.1 cm |
| Length | 6.9 cm |
| Width | 0.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 245 - Collector Number | L-2-136 - Old Loan Number |
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