Figurine

Museum number:
8-2683
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IIF4a (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta; sleeping Eros (Latin: Cupid); head missing; tip of right wing and legs broken offl right leg was pulled up; drapery under right arm and in front of figure; was in a tub with slight depression.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Vignaccia temple, Caere (ancient place), Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Vignaccia temple
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Lazzari
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Terracotta (clay material)
Person depicted:
Eros (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Eros and Figurines
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 8-2683, described as Terracotta; sleeping Eros (Latin: Cupid); head missing; tip of right wing and legs broken offl right leg was pulled up; drapery under right arm and in front of figure; was in a tub with slight depression.

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