Figurine
| Object Number: | 48-2-271 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Roman |
| Provenience: | Turkey (Country) Konya |
| Locus: | ruins of Iconion; several feet below surface of a garden |
| Period: | Roman Period |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Iconography: | Herm |
| Height: | 23.4 cm |
| Length: | 3.2 cm |
| Width: | 2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number: | 88 - Collector Number L-2-194 - Old Loan Number |
Description
Priapic Herm. The pillar is hollow, rectangular in section, broader above. Stepped base. From it rises in relief an acanthus leaf (on front surface), and two lanceolate leaves (one on each side).Above, on front, a phallus. A short horizontal strut on each side just below shoulders. frontal, presumably amle head, lips slightly parted. Hair to level of chin and nape of neck. A broad, plain fillet on forehead. Circular opening 0.02 m. in diam. on top of head. Ivy garland around top of head above fillet, falling down each side of head, over front surface of struts, and crossing front of pillar just above phallus.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| The Classical World: Rome ( Apr 1958 - 1975) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Sex: A History in 30 Objects (17 Oct 2015 - 31 Jul 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 50, no. 71 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Warden, P. G. 1997. The Hilprecht Collection of Greek, Italic, and Roman Bronzes in the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 32, no. 71 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Thesis] Moore, Charlotte B. 1969. Description and analysis of the bronze and lead objects in the Herman V. Hilprecht Collection, the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 172-175, no. 179; p. 352, fig. 123 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Edwards, George R. 1958. "Italy and Rome". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 22. no. 2. pg. 3-11 Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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