Potsherds

Museum number:
8-2725
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Alternate number:
IIE32 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta; infant Dionysus type with large cluster of grapes; figure is lying on a bundle of drapery, left leg drawn up; right leg, head and left arm missing; reassembled of five fragments; probably part of object such as lamp; Height: 9.2 cm.
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:
Dionysus/Bacchus (Greek and Roman deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Potsherds and Pottery
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Potsherds, accession number 8-2725, described as Terracotta; infant Dionysus type with large cluster of grapes; figure is lying on a bundle of drapery, left leg drawn up; right leg, head and left arm missing; reassembled of five fragments; probably part of object such as lamp; Height: 9.2 cm.

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