Figurine

48-2-239

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Northern Mesopotamia | Mardin

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 48-2-239
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman | Mesopotamian (uncertain)
Provenience Northern Mesopotamia | Mardin
Locus ruins at the plain at the foot of the Mountain of Mardin
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Goat
Description

Goat. Black patina with traces of green and brown. Object is complete. The goat stands with its feet drown into a small round ring base. There is a hole through the goat's body which corresponds to a hole in the base. Horns are long and curved. Erect tail bends back at the tip. Eyes are large and bulbous. Engraved lines delineate the ribs, shoulders, and haunches.

Height 4.5 cm
Length 3.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 3 - Collector Number | L-2-178 - Old Loan Number

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