Zoomorphic weight

Unknown"1st-3rd c. AD" - ""

Museum of Cycladic Art
Athens, Greece

This small animal figure from Cyprus, showing a mother bear carrying a cub pn her back, is made of solid bronze and has been probably meant to be used as a weight.

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Title: Zoomorphic weight
Creator: Unknown
Creator Gender: None
Date Created: "1st-3rd c. AD" - ""
Read more: <a href="http://www.cycladic.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=resource&cresrc=199&cnode=67&clang=1">Read more</a>
Provenance: Unknown
Physical Dimensions: w45 x h50 mm
Period: Roman period
Culture: Cypriot
Type: weight
Rights: N.P. Goulandris Foundation - Museum of Cycladic Art, Th.N. Zintilis Collection, no. 672bis, http://www.cycladic.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=NODE&cnode=25&clang=1
External Link: Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, Greece
Medium: bronze

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