Figurine
48-2-221
From: Turkey (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| 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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