Fayoum / Figurine, Demeter / Paint / Ceramic
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.4958
- Object Name
- Figurine, Demeter
- Lot
- Askren, David
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Length
- 4.3 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Height
- 15.5 cm
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Brown clay. Traces of white and pink paint. Demeter holds a torch in left hand. Right arm, bent at elbow, rests on a globe. With her right hand, Demeter feeds a dove which perches on her right shoulder. Hair parted in middle with a fillet across the crown. Heavy wreath on top of head. Heavy horizontal roll of himation. Chiton draped vertically. Full-breasted, corpulent goddess, with folds of flesh on thick neck. Rectangular base indicated front only. Back rounded and unworked. Hollow moulded in two halves, sealed at sides. Large circular vent at back. Bottom open.
- Verbatim Date
- 1st-2nd C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period
- Exhibition Curator
- Gazda, Elaine
- Publication Title
- The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period
- Publication Author
- Haeckl, A.E.; Spelman, K.C.
- Publication Year
- 1977
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 125 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.4958
- Link to this Item
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"Fayoum; Figurine, Demeter; Paint; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4958/0000_00_4958p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.