Fayoum / Figurine / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.6513
Object Name: Figurine
Lot: Ruthven, Peter
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Figurines
Materials: Clay (unfired)
Length: 3.1 cm
Width: 6.15 cm
Height: 10.0 cm
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Harpocrates, nude, and seated with left forefinger to lip, looks to right and teases duck with bunch of grapes (?) which he holds up with his right hand. Duck, shown in side view o right of Harpocrates, extends neck over Harpocrates’ right knee toward the grapes. High rectangular base indicated front plane only. Back rounded and unindicated. Reddish brown clay (Muns. 5 YR 5/3) moulded hollow and sealed at sides. Circular vent back. Bottom oval and open.
Verbatim Date: 2nd c. A.D.
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Fayoum
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.6513
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6513/0000_00_6513p01.tif

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Full citation: "Fayoum; Figurine; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6513/0000_00_6513p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.