VesselsHellenistic or Early Roman4th century BCE-4th century CE

Vessel Attachment in the Form of a Snake with Two Heads

late 4th century BCE-3rd century CE

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Mixed copper alloy

Culture

Hellenistic or Early Roman

Period

Ptolemaic period to Roman Imperial

Century

4th century BCE-4th century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

9 cm (3 9/16 in.)

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