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Source Description
Carved from the widest part of a hippopotamus tooth, this panel was originally attached to a box or a piece of furniture. The figures have not been identified fully but may represent a river goddess in the center with, to the left, a male personification of a spring pouring water from his inverted vase. To the right, Helios, the sun god, drives his horse-drawn chariot and salutes another female deity.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
16472
label
Plaque with Allegorical Relief
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
16472
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Plaque with Allegorical Relief
description
Carved from the widest part of a hippopotamus tooth, this panel was originally attached to a box or a piece of furniture. The figures have not been identified fully but may represent a river goddess in the center with, to the left, a male personification of a spring pouring water from his inverted vase. To the right, Helios, the sun god, drives his horse-drawn chariot and salutes another female deity.
provenance
Jack Pierpont Morgan, New York, by purchase; Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, March 22, 1944, no. 76; Joseph Brummer, New York, 1944, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1944, by purchase.
date
5th-6th century (Late Antique)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.3
height
23
depth
0.1
dimensionsRaw
4 1/16 x 9 1/16 in. (10.3 x 23 x 0.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Coptic
med
hippopotamus ivory
creator_ids
6640
6833
collection_ids
ROM
BYZ
exhibition_ids
358
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
9c2b67e4a5f133d8