Karanis / reclining figure / Ceramic / Faience

About this Item

Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.02.5986
Object Name: reclining figure
Lot: University of Michigan Excavations (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Figurines
Materials: Ceramic; Faience
Weight: 89g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Gazda: Crouching figure of Aphrodite. Faience. Once decorated elaborate faience vessels found in houses of Karanis. Probably depicts Aphrodite, crouching and arranging her hair, following a model of a popular statue type in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The prominent breasts and abdomen emphasize the goddess's fertility.; Aphrodite Anadyomene. p.H. 0.080 m, p.W. 0.036 m, D. 0.028 m. Molded, high relief appliqué originally attached to faience vessel. Broken on all sides. Nude female, with knees to right and arms raised to hair. Fillet and wreath indicated by impressed dots. Faience, greenish-blue (Rocks, Paper, Memory; Larson).
Subjects: Reclining woman
Verbatim Date: 1st - 3rd C AD
Unit Grid Number: C0198
Component/Room: 00K¹
Area: R:bin
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
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; Case 10 - Alexandria & Beyond; Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures (exhibit)
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine; Wilfong, Terry; Ratté, Christopher
Exhibition Year: 2009; 2015
Publication Title: The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period; Women and gender in ancient Egypt : from prehistory to late antiquity : an exhibition at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 14 March-15 June 1997; Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures
Publication Author: Haeckl, A.E.; Spelman, K.C.; Wilfong, Terry; Ratte, Christopher, Artin, Wendy, Larson, Katherine A.
Publication Year: 1977; 1997; 2015
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2272 x 1562
File Size: 116 KB
Record: 0000.02.5986
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.5986/0000_02_5986p03.tif

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials may be protected by copyright. If you decide to use any of these materials, you are responsible for making your own legal assessment and securing any necessary permission. If you have questions about the collection, please contact the Kelsey Museum of Archeology. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact Library Information Technology.

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:0000.02.5986:0000_02_5986P03.TIF

Cite this Item

View the Help Guide for more information.

Full citation: "Karanis; reclining figure; Ceramic; Faience." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.5986/0000_02_5986p03.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.

Karanis / reclining figure / Ceramic / Faience

Viewer

Actions