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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