Tarentum / Figurine / Clay (unfired)
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.0222
- Object Name
- Figurine
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Materials
- Clay (unfired)
- Design Style
- Provincial Classical - Eary Hellenistic
- Length
- WALL: 1.1
- Width
- 5.9
- Height
- 6.9
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Hollow molded fragment of pink clay (Munsell 7.5YR 7/4) with the reverse side missing and the surface abraded. There are encrustations with what might be corroded whitewash.
- The figure represents a nude boy, seated with his left leg drawn up and heel resting by the groin sitting on a low platform holding a cock to his side with his left arm. The right knee is raised and beside him with the foot resting flat on the ground. The right arm is extended straight down at his side while the open palm gives added support to the posed figure. The chin is held high. The boy has a very broad, square frame with a pudgy abdomen. The cock presents its left side to the viewer and nudges the boy’s left pectoral with his head. The cock might possibly be a connection with the cult of Isis.
- Verbatim Provenance
- Italy
- Verbatim Site
- Tarentum
- Countermark
- no
- Publication Title
- Terracottas in the British Museum
- Publication Author
- Higgins, R. A.
- Publication Year
- 1969
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 166 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.0222
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"Tarentum; Figurine; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0222/0000_00_0222p03.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.