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- The youth, Harpocrates, fully draped and standing next to stove (red and blue) piled with bread (black spotted) looks to right, holds rounded pot (pink) to side with left arm, which rests on a yellow base. Wears tail double crown flanked by 2 pine cones atop flounced headbank (pink); face framed curls (yellow). Groundline indicated black. Eyes shown black, back rounded and unindicated. Light reddish brown clay ( Muns 5 YR 6/5) moulded hollow and sealed at sides. Circular vent in back, bottom open. Traces of paint.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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- Gazda: Crouching figure of Aphrodite. Faience. Once decorated elaborate faience vessels found in houses of Karanis. Probably depicts Aphrodite, crouching and arranging her hair, following a model of a popular statue type in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The prominent breasts and abdomen emphasize the goddess's fertility.; Aphrodite Anadyomene. p.H. 0.080 m, p.W. 0.036 m, D. 0.028 m. Molded, high relief appliqué originally attached to faience vessel. Broken on all sides. Nude female, with knees to right and arms raised to hair. Fillet and wreath indicated by impressed dots. Faience, greenish-blue (Rocks, Paper, Memory; Larson).
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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- Woman, wearing amulet, leggings, shawl with fringed tails, and knee-length garment, sits with legs drawn back and heels together. Arms would have been in orans position. Face is round and flattened. Features are schematic. Corners of mouth do not meet. Pupils indicated and look straight ahead. Wears coiffure consisting of a row of curls framing face, above which looms two pine cones with central diadem and scarf draped over it. Drapery of back side indicated. Brown clay (Muns. 7.5 yr 5/4) moulded hollow in two halves and sealed at sides. Bottom is moulded along with back side. No vent. Traces of pink (shawl) and black (hair) paint.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Gazda: Crouching figure of Aphrodite. Faience. Once decorated elaborate faience vessels found in houses of Karanis. Probably depicts Aphrodite, crouching and arranging her hair, following a model of a popular statue type in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The prominent breasts and abdomen emphasize the goddess's fertility.; Aphrodite Anadyomene. p.H. 0.080 m, p.W. 0.036 m, D. 0.028 m. Molded, high relief appliqué originally attached to faience vessel. Broken on all sides. Nude female, with knees to right and arms raised to hair. Fillet and wreath indicated by impressed dots. Faience, greenish-blue (Rocks, Paper, Memory; Larson).
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Osiris, beardless, as waist mummy standing on end in a floral wreath. Wears Filleted, pectoral length pharaoh scarf surmounted by laterally projecting ram horns secured at base by double disk, above which loom two plumes with central solar disk. Between tails of scarf are three studs which mark the top of a long breast piece. Under these are (2) bigger studs between which is suspended a square plaque [with central solar disk]. Below: [solar disk flanked by] possibly two snakes. High trapezoidal base with crowning and base mouldings, indicated in frontal plane only. Back side rounded and unindicated. Coarse, reddish brown clay (Muns. 5 yr 5/4) moulded hollow and sealed at sides. Small irregular vent in back. Bottom partially open.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Gazda: Crouching figure of Aphrodite. Faience. Once decorated elaborate faience vessels found in houses of Karanis. Probably depicts Aphrodite, crouching and arranging her hair, following a model of a popular statue type in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The prominent breasts and abdomen emphasize the goddess's fertility.; Aphrodite Anadyomene. p.H. 0.080 m, p.W. 0.036 m, D. 0.028 m. Molded, high relief appliqué originally attached to faience vessel. Broken on all sides. Nude female, with knees to right and arms raised to hair. Fillet and wreath indicated by impressed dots. Faience, greenish-blue (Rocks, Paper, Memory; Larson).
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Relief showing the god Serapis. Limestone; 3.5 cm h., 8.6 cm w., 14 cm l. (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).; Light brown, fine-grained limestone. Signs of burning. Chips on beard, crown, tunic and right arm. Missing left hand, top of staff, and body below chest. Serapis enthroned in frontal, hieratic pose. Serapis holds upright staff in raised left arm. Right arm reaches toward Cerberus (see Kelsey no. 8521). Incised meander border on three sides of plaque. Serapis wears short sleeved tunic with banded edges and incised striations. Short-cropped beard and think hair abstractly rendered with short incisions. Cylindrical crown extends slightly above upper edge of relief and is incised with seven pointed star flanked by two horizontal V-shaped designs. Long nose ends at small open mouth with upturned corners.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Face of dog. Eyes with indicated pupils look straight ahead from under arched brows. Bulge of forehead is divided up the center. Reddish brown clay (Muns. 5 YR 5/3) moulded hollow and sealed at sides.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- The piece depicts the youth, Harpocrates, fully draped and standing next to a red and blue stove piled with bread which appears to be black and spotted. Harpocrates looks to the right and holds a pink, rounded pot to the side with his left arm and leans to the right with the right elbow upon a tall, piriform neck amphora which is also pink, resting upon a yellow base. The figure wears a tall doublw crown flanked by two pine cones atop a flounced headband which is pink. The face is framed with yellow curls. The groundline is indicated with a black line. The eyes are black, the mouth is pink. The rectangular base is indicated by a frontal plane only and the back is rounded and unindicated. The piece is made of light reddish-brown clay (Munsell 5YR 6/3) molded hollow and sealed at the sides. There is a circular vent in the back and the bottom is open. Traces of paint remain.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
