Painted terracotta figurine of a slave grinding food in mortarium

Details

• Title

  Painted terracotta figurine of a slave grinding food in mortarium

• Associated place

  Europe › Italy (no further provenance) (find spot)

• Date

  1st - 2nd century AD (AD 1 - 200)

• Material and technique

  terracotta, pigment

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  8.7 cm (length)
  8.5 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir John Davidson Beazley, 1944.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1944.48

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