Fayoum / Figurine / Paint / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.6978
Object Name: Figurine
Lot: University of Michigan purchase (Fayoum)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Figurines
Materials: Paint; Ceramic
Length: 4.3
Width: 11.6
Height: 16.1
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Harpocrates (?) on horseback, with profile lower and frontal upper body, wearing helmet and short-sleeved, mid-thigh length garment which folds over at waist. Features highly schematic: large blank eyes with dangling upper lids; lips as two horizontal bars disjointed at corners. Horse rears, with legs in relief short and stack in pairs with no knee joint. Neck is proportionately too large. Head shows essential features but schematized. Mane (yellow) is hatched. Short tail is striated lengthwise and protrudes straight out. Rectangular base sags in center and is represented in frontal plane only. Back rounded and unindicated. Brown clay (Muns. 7.5YR 5.5/4) molded hollow and sealed at sides. Circular vent in back. Bottom open. Traces of painted plaster.
Verbatim Date: 4th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Fayoum
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Publication Title: Agyptische Terrakotten du Griechisch-Romischen und Koptischen Epoche vorzugweise aus der Oase el Faijum; Die Agyptisch-Griechischen Terrakotten
Publication Author: Kaufmann, C. M.; Weber, Wilhelm
Publication Year: 1913; 1914
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.6978
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6978/0000_00_6978p01.tif

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Full citation: "Fayoum; Figurine; Paint; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6978/0000_00_6978p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.