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Grotesque Man, clay, pressed into shape, hand modeled, fired (ceramic), clay, Total: Height: 10.2 cm; Width: 6.8 cm; Depth: 7.6 cm, ceramic, slavery; Slaves, penis, phallus, types of people, Hellenism, Early Imperial Period, Middle Imperial Period, The fragment of a Fayum terracotta with eyelet attached at the back shows the head and parts of the upper body of a man. It shows the typical tortured face of slaves or underclass; prominent features are the broad hooked nose, deep forehead and cheek wrinkles, thick lips and covered brow arches. The eyes are sharply contoured. A hair-wreath is indicated. A large phallus is clamped under the right arm. Lower body and the left side of the upper body are not preserved. The figure belongs to the group of the so-called Fayum terracottas. In Alexandria, the international, Greek-influenced center of Egypt, lives a multicultural society of Egyptians, Orientals, Greeks, Romans, Jews and others, whose different religious ideas are gradually blending together. Insights into this world of faith are provided by the so-called Fayum terracottas. They are part of the religious household, children's toys, knick-knacks, but also cult symbols, grave goods, pilgrimage images, votive offerings and magical objects for banishing evil forces. They can be found in houses, graves and sanctuaries.

Grotesque Man, clay, pressed into shape, hand modeled, fired (ceramic), clay, Total: Height: 10.2 cm; Width: 6.8 cm; Depth: 7.6 cm, ceramic, slavery; Slaves, penis, phallus, types of people, Hellenism, Early Imperial Period, Middle Imperial Period, The fragment of a Fayum terracotta with eyelet attached at the back shows the head and parts of the upper body of a man. It shows the typical tortured face of slaves or underclass; prominent features are the broad hooked nose, deep forehead and cheek wrinkles, thick lips and covered brow arches. The eyes are sharply contoured. A hair-wreath is indicated. A large phallus is clamped under the right arm. Lower body and the left side of the upper body are not preserved. The figure belongs to the group of the so-called Fayum terracottas. In Alexandria, the international, Greek-influenced center of Egypt, lives a multicultural society of Egyptians, Orientals, Greeks, Romans, Jews and others, whose different religious ideas are gradually blending together. Insights into this world of faith are provided by the so-called Fayum terracottas. They are part of the religious household, children's toys, knick-knacks, but also cult symbols, grave goods, pilgrimage images, votive offerings and magical objects for banishing evil forces. They can be found in houses, graves and sanctuaries.
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Grotesque Man, clay, pressed into shape, hand modeled, fired (ceramic), clay, Total: Height: 10.2 cm; Width: 6.8 cm; Depth: 7.6 cm, ceramic, slavery; Slaves, penis, phallus, types of people, Hellenism, Early Imperial Period, Middle Imperial Period, The fragment of a Fayum terracotta with eyelet attached at the back shows the head and parts of the upper body of a man. It shows the typical tortured face of slaves or underclass; prominent features are the broad hooked nose, deep forehead and cheek wrinkles, thick lips and covered brow arches. The eyes are sharply contoured. A hair-wreath is indicated. A large phallus is clamped under the right arm. Lower body and the left side of the upper body are not preserved. The figure belongs to the group of the so-called Fayum terracottas. In Alexandria, the international, Greek-influenced center of Egypt, lives a multicultural society of Egyptians, Orientals, Greeks, Romans, Jews and others, whose different religious ideas are gradually blending together. Insights into this world of faith are provided by the so-called Fayum terracottas. They are part of the religious household, children's toys, knick-knacks, but also cult symbols, grave goods, pilgrimage images, votive offerings and magical objects for banishing evil forces. They can be found in houses, graves and sanctuaries.
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3596 x 4320 px | 44.4 MB
Tamaño impresión:
30.4 x 36.6 cm | 12.0 x 14.4 in (300 dpi)
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