Bronze Museum Report

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Material: Bronze Cultural background: Roman, 1st - 3rd Century CE. Approximate dimensions: L: 4.92cm, H: 11.72cm, B: 4.20cm Museum: Museum of Ancient Cultures Inventory number: MU4745 Surface treatment: Painted with acid and wax. Condition: Mostly intact, with the base chipped from the thumb across the back of the hand to the ring finger. There is also a fragment missing under the snake on the back of the hand, below the middle and ring finger. The artefact shows signs of corrosion as it has turned dark green in colour. It has also lost its sheen. Details of the fingers and outline of the snake coiled around the wrist appear to be worn down. Method of manufacture: The hand of Sabazius likely would have been made using a technique called …show more content…

This artefact is also made of bronze and has the same decorative motifs including the blessing (benediction) symbol, snake entwined around the wrist, and pine cone held in the upright fingers. A nail hole is also present on the back of the hand. However, it is fully intact and also displays a turtle and lizard on the back of the hand. A square, perhaps magical symbol is seen on the palm under the pinky, which is not seen in MU4745. The snake also does not reach the top of the thumb. 1912,0710.1 British Museum (date unknown), Online Catalogue, < http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx objectId=465950&partId=1&searchText=sabazius&page=1> (viewed 28 March 2015). Also hollow cast and made of bronze. The snake, benediction sign and pine cone are all similar, yet the cone is being held up by all three outstretched fingers. The snake does not have as prominent a position on top of the thumb. This artefact is not as well preserved, and shows signs of oxidisation predominately in the palm and across the right back hand side. The broken section may have been where the nail hole was

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