ECL-Bn.15:158-2014
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:158-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Two herms
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
On left is a the herm of an old man wearing a thick wreath of leaves and flowers. His arms are crossed tightly across his chest.
On the right is a bearded male who raises his left arm in front and his right arm behind him, though both arms cease just below the shoulder. His legs are encased in a sheath of rectangular scales, like those of a palm tree, and this ends in a band round his ankles. The figure faces to the left side.
Inscribed on the base of the left herm: CB
Inscribed above the left herm: 154
On the right is a bearded male who raises his left arm in front and his right arm behind him, though both arms cease just below the shoulder. His legs are encased in a sheath of rectangular scales, like those of a palm tree, and this ends in a band round his ankles. The figure faces to the left side.
Inscribed on the base of the left herm: CB
Inscribed above the left herm: 154
Content (object)
herm
Dimensions
height (actual size): 189mm
width (actual size): 55mm
height (actual size): 203mm
width (actual size): 61mm
width (actual size): 55mm
height (actual size): 203mm
width (actual size): 61mm
Dimension note
The two herms are measured separately as two engravings stuck on one piece of backing paper. The first set of measurements corresponds to the left hand herm, the figure with arms tightly crossed.
Inscription
See Description:
Inscribed on the base of the left herm: CB
Inscribed above the left herm: 154
Inscribed on the base of the left herm: CB
Inscribed above the left herm: 154
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)