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Source Description

This flat, schematic statuette depicts a man making an offering. He wears a mantle over his left shoulder, covering his lower body, and on his head is a stylized foliate wreath. His now-missing proper right hand would have held a phiale, a shallow dish for pouring a libation, while the small object in his left hand is likely an incense container.

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Document identity
localId
20275
label
Priest or Sacrificing Man
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
20275
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Priest or Sacrificing Man
description
This flat, schematic statuette depicts a man making an offering. He wears a mantle over his left shoulder, covering his lower body, and on his head is a stylized foliate wreath. His now-missing proper right hand would have held a phiale, a shallow dish for pouring a libation, while the small object in his left hand is likely an incense container.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome (?); purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902 (?); by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
3rd-1st century BC (Hellenistic)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
statuettes (statues)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Etruscan
med
copper alloy
creator_ids
6291
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
f75e004f5c912843