Karanis / figurine / Ceramic / Faience / Glaze
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.02.5987
- Object Name
- figurine
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Weight
- 46g
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Gazda: Reclining hermaphrodite. Faience. Once decorated elaborate faience vessels found in house of Karanis. Represents hermaphrodite, the dual-sexed child of the Greek deities Hermes and Aphrodite. Hermaphrodites were often depicted as erotic or comic figures in decorative contexts.
- Subjects
- Hermaphrodite
- Verbatim Date
- 3rd C AD
- Unit Grid Number
- B0017
- Component/Room
- 00F
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period
- Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt: from Prehistory to Late Antiquity
- IRWG Turret Exhibit
- Case 10 - Alexandria & Beyond
- Exhibition Curator
- Gazda, Elaine
- Wilfong, Terry
- Exhibition Year
- 2000
- 2009
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 1025 x 1613
- File Size
- 234 KB
- Record
- 0000.02.5987
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.5987/0000_02_5987p01.tif
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:0000.02.5987:0000_02_5987P01.TIF
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"Karanis; figurine; Ceramic; Faience; Glaze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.5987/0000_02_5987p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.