Fayoum / Aphrodite figurine / Ceramic
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.6586
- Object Name
- Aphrodite figurine
- Lot
- Ruthven, Peter
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Materials
- Ceramic
- Length
- 4.5**;
- Width
- 6.9*;
- Height
- 20.1;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;250g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Hollow molded fragment from a double mold in light brown clay (Munsell 7.5 YR 6/4) with molded extremities. The head, arms and feet are missing from the piece but otherwise it is in good condition. The piece represents a figure of nude Aphrodite standing with the right knee flexed. The figure is poised as if the left foot is bearing the weight of the pose with the right foot raised so as to touch the ground with the ball of the foot. The legs are closely placed and part just above the ankles. The left shoulder is dipped and the right shoulder is raised. The pose is that of Aphrodite Aradyomene, i.e. Aphrodite binding her hair. the body is elongated, especially through the legs, and well modelled. Seams are carefully pared and blended into the voluptuous planes of the hips. Only the stubs of the arms remain but these are sealed, indicating that the arms were piece molded and attached to the main figure. The feet were probably piece molded as well.
- Earliest Date
- 100 BCE
- Latest Date
- 199
- Verbatim Date
- 1st c. B.C. to 2nd c. A.D.
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Caught Looking: Exhibiting the Kelsey
- Exhibition Curator
- Thomas, Thelma K.
- Wilfong, Terry
- Class Title
- Greek Religion
- Greek Mythology
- Greek Mythology (W2018)
- Continuing Ceramics
- The Mediterranean (W2019)
- Identity and Myth in Greece and Rome (W2019)
- Searchers and Caesars: Place, Peril, and Identity in Classical Antiquity (W2019)
- Greek Mythology (W2019)
- Sacred Places (W2019)
- Race and Identity in Ancient Roman Tombs (W2019)
- The Globalized Ancient World (F2019)
- Searchers and Caesars: Place, Peril, and Identity in Classical Antiquity (F2019)
- Continuing Ceramics/ Ceramics Theory and Criticism (W2020)
- Class Instructor
- Scodel, Ruth
- Verhoogt, Arthur
- Forsdyke, Sara
- Crowell, Susan
- Das, Aileen
- Chatterjee, Paroma
- Mays, Devi
- Wright, Parrish
- Soter, Gina
- Gruber, Christiane
- Barham, Nicola
- Tsai, Howard
- Person, Catherine
- Class Department
- Classics
- CLCIV
- ARTDES
- HISTORY
- HISTART
- INTLSTD
- RCARTS
- Class Number
- 466
- 385
- 302.001
- 253
- 195.003
- 120.002
- 205.001
- 394.001
- 401.010
- 120.001
- 334.001
- Class Year
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- Class Semester
- Winter
- Fall
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.6586
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6586/dsc_6569.jpg
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"Fayoum; Aphrodite figurine; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6586/dsc_6569.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
