Terenouthis / Figurine fragment-Infant Male Figure (Eros?) / Faience

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.09.2695
Object Name: Figurine fragment-Infant Male Figure (Eros?)
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Terenouthis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Figurines
Materials: Faience
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Nude seated child from figurine group. Hand of another figure visible on reverse.; Found in sand fill.
Subjects: Hermaphrodite?
Verbatim Date: 1st-2nd century AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Terenouthis
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Portals to Eternity; The Necropolis at Terenouthis in Lower EgyptPortals to Eternity; The Necropolis at Terenouthis in Lower Egypt; Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt: from Prehistory to Late Antiquity
Exhibition Curator: McCleary, Roger V.; Wilfong, Terry
Class Title: Gender & Society in Ancient Egypt; Gender and Society in Ancient Egypt (F2019)
Class Instructor: Wilfong, Terry; Wilfong, Terry G.
Class Department: Near Eastern Studies; MIDEAST
Class Number: 441; 441.001
Class Year: 2017; 2019
Class Semester: Fall
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.09.2695
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.09.2695/0000_09_2695

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Full citation: "Terenouthis; Figurine fragment-Infant Male Figure (Eros?); Faience." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.09.2695/0000_09_2695. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 01, 2024.