Agora Object: J 160
Inventory Number:   J 160
Section Number:   ΒΓ 672
Title:   Gold Earring
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Τμήμα χρυσού ενωτίου με μορφή φτερωτού Έρωτα
Category:   Jewelry & Gems
Description:   Ephebic Eros.
Figure intact. Attachment loop on top of head bent and possibly partly missing.
Youthful nude male figure, winged, holding taenia in hands across body. Hair in long loose strands over and in front of shoulders.
Fine musculature, detailed feathering on wings. Attachment on head rather crudely afixed.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Χρυσός φτερωτός έρωτας, που κρατάει στο δεξί του χέρι ταινία.
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   Well. Redigging fill.
Handling:   Stoa Gallery
Notebook Page:   1345
Negatives:   Leica, color slide
Dimensions:   H. (foot to head) 0.031; W. (arm to arm) 0.012; Th. 0.013
Material:   Gold
Date:   28 July 1971
Section:   ΒΓ
Grid:   J/10-5/5
Elevation:   41.58-38.33
Masl:   38.33-41.58m.
Deposit:   J 5:1.4
Lot:   Lot ΒΓ 392
Bibliography:   Museum Guide (2014), p. 176.
    AgoraPicBk 26 (2006), p. 31, fig. 35.
    Camp (1986), p. 68.
    AgoraPicBk 19 (1980), fig. 20.
    Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 132, pl. 27 h, n. 31.
References:   Publications (4)
Images (11)
Deposit: J 5:1
Deposit: J 5:1.4
Card: J 160