Statuette
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Statuette of Mercury
- Medium:
- Bronze, copper, and silver
- Dimensions:
- H. 30.5 cm (greatest extent) Object (base) H. 4 cm; W. 12 cm; D. 12 cm
- Context:
- Sous-Parsat, France
- Date:
- Roman, 1–100 CE
- Inventory Number:
- Bronze.315
- Lender:
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
- Label:
Mercury probably once held a caduceus (a snake-entwined staff) in his left hand and a moneybag in his right. His cloak is accented by bands of copper and three silver stars. Excavated at Sous-Parsat in central France in 1824, this sculpture was found with the gilded-silver statuette of the goddess of victory seen on the right, as part of a temple treasure to Mercury.
Serge Oboukhoff © BnF-CNRS-Maison Archéologie & Ethnologie, René-Ginouvès