Fayoum / Figurine / Paint / Clay (unfired) / Plaster or mortar
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.6503
- Object Name
- Figurine
- Lot
- Ruthven, Peter
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Length
- 4.6 cm
- Width
- 15.2 cm
- Height
- 24.0 cm
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Harpocrates, draped to knees astride standing horse. Right hand is held front at right haunch of horse and holds dish; left arm obscure, right leg foreward. Tall headdress, flounced at base with side portions draped to shoulders. Ringlets frame face. Headdress shows traces of pink and red paint. Tail of horse hangs naturally limp. Features of horse’s head well articulated: large eye, graceful ear, rounded muzzle. Hooves also well indicated. Tail and mane painted yellow. Reins and bridle indicated red; ear, nose and genitals touched in pink. Short rectangular base sags center and indicated front plane only. Back rounded and unindicated, except for curved line of horse’s neck. Orange red clay moulded hollow two halves sealed at sides. Circular vent back, bottom open. Front stuccoed (?) and painted.
- Verbatim Date
- 2nd half of 1st c.-2nd c. A.D.
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- 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
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 250 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.6503
- Link to this Item
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"Fayoum; Figurine; Paint; Clay (unfired); Plaster or mortar." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6503/0000_00_6503p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.