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Statuette depicting Cupid on a boat

Statuette depicting Cupid on a boat
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

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Statuette depicting Cupid on a boat

Category:
Sculpture in the round, figurines / statuettes, human / gods and goddesses figurines
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE)
Provenance:
Upper Egypt, Fayoum
Material(s):
Man made material, pottery (terracotta)
Height:
9.5 cm
Hall:
Greco-Roman Antiquities, showcase 18



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Evaristo Breccia, Monuments de l’Egypte Gréco-Romaine, vol. 2 (Bergamo: Officine dell’Istituto Italiano d’Arti Grafiche, 1934): 43, no. 232, pl. LXXXII, 426.
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 109, 322.

 

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