Figurine
48-2-52
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Turkey (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-52 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Turkey (uncertain) |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Eagle |
| Description | Eagle on alter (?). Brownish black patina is very rubbed. Hollowed base was filled with a substance to secure a modern nail. Base is triangular with projecting moldings at top and bottom and a foot at each corner. Feet are widespread. Feathers on its breast and wings are marked by lunate grooves. |
| Height | 6.5 cm |
| Width | 2.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 112 - Collector Number | L-2-93 - Old Loan Number |
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