Karanis / Figurine / Clay (unfired)
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.6456
- Object Name
- Figurine
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Materials
- Clay (unfired)
- Design Style
- 2nd - 3rd c. A.D.
- Length
- 4.0 cm
- Width
- 10.5 cm
- Height
- 15.5 cm
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Harpocrates draped to knees astride standing horse, right leg vertical, right forefinger to mouth, left arm disappears behind mane. Full head of curly hair with pointed headdress. Horse raises left foreleg. Only front plane of rectangular base represented. Back side rounded and unindicated except for line of base and jawline of horse. Pinkish brown clay moulded hollow. Two halves sealed at sides, bottom open, circular vent.
- Subjects
- Harpocrates
- Verbatim Date
- 2nd - 3rd c. A.D.
- Unit Grid Number
- C0137
- Component/Room
- 00B
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Publication Title
- De grieks-egyptische terracotta's in het Rijksmuseum van oudheden
- Die Agyptisch-Griechischen Terrakotten
- Publication Author
- van Wijngaarden, W. D.
- Weber, Wilhelm
- Publication Year
- 1958
- 1914
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4384 x 5945
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 0000.00.6456
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6456/0000_00_6456p03.tif
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"Karanis; Figurine; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6456/0000_00_6456p03.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.