sculpture

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Object Type
Museum number: 1888,0301.1
Description: Marble sculpture; Ganymede and the eagle; Ganymede with phrygian cap and chalmys; leans on stump of tree and looks to the eagle which stands on it.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1stC-2ndC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Italy
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 87.63 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Sculpture / Catalogue of Greek Sculpture in the British Museum (1533); Parkinson 2013 / A little gay history. Desire and diversity across the world (pp. 58-9)
Location: On display (G1/od/nr107)
Subjects: classical mythology; bird
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1888
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1888,0301.1
Conservation

Free entry