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Ivory sandaled foot

ca. 31 BCE–14 CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 166
The foot comes from a small statue with flesh parts of ivory and with drapery in another material, perhaps metal or semiprecious stone. The tongue of the sandal is decorated with a personification of the Nile, suggesting that the statue depicted was either an Egyptian deity or the Emperor Augustus, who annexed Egypt after the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ivory sandaled foot
  • Period: Early Imperial, Augustan
  • Date: ca. 31 BCE–14 CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Ivory
  • Dimensions: Overall: 2 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (6 x 14.3 cm)
  • Classifications: Miscellaneous-Bone, Ivory
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.78.43
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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