Statue

MS3446

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS3446
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Locus Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis
Period Imperial Roman Period
Date Made 1st Century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Technique Carved
Iconography Amphora | Latin Inscription | Griffin | Deer
Inscription Language Latin Language
Description

Broken at neck, at h. attach. on shoulder, and above molded base. Solid marble with decor. in low relief: belly zone: Face A: griffins attacking deer, Face B: ditto. Incised at base of neck: Face A: D D, Fabe B: CHIO

Height 58 cm
Depth 41 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897

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