SculptureRoman2nd-6th century

Arrow-Shaped Openwork Ornament

2nd-6th century CE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast and hammered

Medium

Mixed copper alloy

Culture

Roman

Century

2nd-6th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

9.4 x 1.9 x 0.4 cm (3 11/16 x 3/4 x 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Excavated from Antioch, sector 15-M (no. c855-U801) (Turkey, Hatay) by the Syrian Department of Antiquities (later the Hatay government) and the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and Its Vicinity, (1935-1939), dispersed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

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