Fayoum / Eros and swan figurine / Ceramic / Paint
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.6578
- Object Name
- Eros and swan figurine
- Lot
- Ruthven, Peter
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- 7.3 cm
- Thickness
- 3.0 cm
- Weight
- 75.0 g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Light brown clay. Chubby winged Eros, stands behind and holds onto a bird, perhaps goose, or swan, or duck. Outstretched wings and body of goose hide torso of boy. Bird and boy skim over rippling blue water. Well preserved paint. Goose has white body, red beak and feet. Wings red on top, gradually turning pink below. Eros has pruplish-red hair, red lips and flesh-colored skin. His eyes have blue eyeballs and brown pupils. Back of piece unpainted.
- Subjects
- Eros, swan
- Latest Date
- 299
- Verbatim Date
- 1st-3rd C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period
- Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt: from Prehistory to Late Antiquity
- Ancient Color
- Exhibition Curator
- Gazda, Elaine
- Wilfong, Terry
- Person, Catherine
- Roberts, Caroline
- Exhibition Year
- 2019
- Publication Title
- The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period
- Publication Author
- Haeckl, A.E.; Spelman, K.C.
- Publication Year
- 1977
- Class Title
- The Archaeology of Roman Economy (F2019)
- Central Michigan University Roman Art Course (F2019)
- Rome (W2020)
- The Archaeology of the Roman Provinces (W2022)
- Rome (W2022)
- Student Advisory Group Object Handling (W2022)
- ROME (W2024)
- Class Instructor
- Gosner, Linda
- de Brestian, Scott
- Bonnell-Freidin, Anna
- Stone, David
- Person, Catherine
- Class Department
- CLARCH
- CMU
- HISTORY
- Kelsey Museum
- History
- Class Number
- 470
- 201
- 424
- Class Year
- 2019
- 2020
- 2022
- 2024
- Class Semester
- Fall
- Winter
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.6578
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6578/0000_00_6578p04.tif
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"Fayoum; Eros and swan figurine; Ceramic; Paint." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6578/0000_00_6578p04.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.