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Source Description
The short, stubby proportions of this figure relate it to a number of textile designs. The female figure with a flowing drapery is probably intended to be Aphrodite. The edges are broken on all but the left side, and there are three holes for attachment, indicating that it was probably an inlay for furniture.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
25045
label
Aphrodite (?)
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
25045
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Aphrodite (?)
description
The short, stubby proportions of this figure relate it to a number of textile designs. The female figure with a flowing drapery is probably intended to be Aphrodite. The edges are broken on all but the left side, and there are three holes for attachment, indicating that it was probably an inlay for furniture.
provenance
Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
6th-7th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Source extras
style
Coptic
med
bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
MED
ROM
exhibition_ids
358
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
5626e8632369ac06
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
18ed1496b27167d8
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no