Object Type figure Museum number 1994,1001.2 Description Terracotta figure of a Gaulish mercenary in the Ptolemaic army. A standing Gaul in a proudly aggressive pose: he is largely naked, but wears a long cloak. His hair is long and rises from his forehead to fall in tresses on each side of his face and extends to the nape of his neck at the rear; his phallus is outsize. His long-sword is slung from a waist-belt on… View more about description Cultures/periods Ptolemaic Production date 220BC-180BC Production place Made in: Egypt Africa: Egypt Materials terracotta Dimensions Height: 12.70 centimetres Curator's comments BM Terracotta IV
Comparanda. See a naked, but headless, Gaul in Dresden: Fischer 1994: no. 992, with a warlike stance, dated late second and third century ad. Not unlike ours is a terracotta from Hehia once in the Fouquet Collection, who stands in a rather similar but more static pose; he is not naked or cloaked, but wears trousers and his hair is rather… View more about curator's comments Bibliographic references Terracotta / Catalogue of the terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (3552) Location Not on display Subjects warrior Acquisition name Purchased from: B A Seaby Ltd Acquisition date 1994 Department Greek and Roman Registration number 1994,1001.2
figure
Object Type
figure
Museum number
1994,1001.2
Description
Terracotta figure of a Gaulish mercenary in the Ptolemaic army.
A standing Gaul in a proudly aggressive pose: he is largely naked, but wears a long cloak. His hair is long and rises from his forehead to fall in tresses on each side of his face and extends to the nape of his neck at the rear; his phallus is outsize. His long-sword is slung from a waist-belt on…
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Cultures/periods
Ptolemaic
Production date
220BC-180BC
Production place
Made in: Egypt
Africa: Egypt
Materials
terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 12.70 centimetres
Curator's comments
BM Terracotta IV
Comparanda. See a naked, but headless, Gaul in Dresden: Fischer 1994: no. 992, with a warlike stance, dated late second and third century ad. Not unlike ours is a terracotta from Hehia once in the Fouquet Collection, who stands in a rather similar but more static pose; he is not naked or cloaked, but wears trousers and his hair is rather…
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Bibliographic references
Terracotta / Catalogue of the terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (3552)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
warrior
Acquisition name
Purchased from: B A Seaby Ltd
Acquisition date
1994
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1994,1001.2