1992.256.60: Standing Male Figure
SculptureIdentification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1992.256.60
- Title
- Standing Male Figure
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, statuette
- Date
- 14th-13th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Anatolia
- Period
- Hittite Empire period
- Culture
- Syro-Hittite
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/310294
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Copper
- Technique
- Cast, lost-wax process
- Dimensions
- 6.9 x 3 cm (2 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
- Technical Details
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Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Copper:
Cu, 97.22; Sn, 1.37; Pb, 0.51; Zn, 0.001; Fe, 0.03; Ni, 0.03; Ag, 0.02; Sb, less than 0.02; As, 0.82; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, less than 0.005; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001
J. RiedererTechnical Observations: This statuette is a solid cast. It seems to be intact, but there are some modern scratches on the surface from rough cleaning. The patina includes a rough brown crust over green and black corrosion.
Carol Snow (submitted 2002)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise M. and George E. Bates
- Accession Year
- 1992
- Object Number
- 1992.256.60
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums
This vertical statuette is shown either sitting or standing upon a cylindrical base that must have been the casting vent for its manufacture. Two small stubs representing the legs or feet project diagonally forward. The body is featureless. Two arms curl forward horizontally from the shoulders with the left one being more outstretched than the right. The head is a misshapen mass with an irregular downward-pointing feature that may represent a beard; two pellet-shaped eyes project from the front of the head, and two oval projections at the sides represent ears. A short, rod-like form ending in a curving tip surmounts the head.
This figure, possibly miscast, represents another variation in the standard repertoire of Late Bronze Age Syro-Hittite votive statuettes. Most likely, it represents a male deity.
David G. Mitten
Subjects and Contexts
- Ancient Bronzes
Verification Level
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