Pendant: Eros (?) wearing diadem with rosette over the forehead
Small sheet gold figures of gods figured as pendants on some Roman jewelry. Particularly flimsy examples might have been only for funerary use.
This childlike figure wears a diadem with a rosette over the forehead. The rosette is decorated with granulation. The figure is pierced from side-to-side.
This childlike figure wears a diadem with a rosette over the forehead. The rosette is decorated with granulation. The figure is pierced from side-to-side.
Artwork Details
- Title:Pendant: Eros (?) wearing diadem with rosette over the forehead
- Period:Roman Period
- Date:A.D. 3rd century perhaps
- Geography:From Egypt
- Medium:gold
- Dimensions:Height: 1 in. (2.6 cm)
- Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1923
- Object Number:23.2.53
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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