Bronze Arm

Title: Bronze Arm
Inventory Number: A0429
Date Acquired: 1909
Source: Magoffin
Provenance: Puteoli
Description: R arm bent at elbow w depressed globular object held between thumb & forefinger; exceptionally long digits articulated on ext & int; area of finger nails corroded. Heavy for bronze & possibly lead, or bronze w heavy percentage of lead.
State of Preservation: Upper arm, forearm, & hand only pres. Corrosion particularly on hand and edge of upper arm where broken off from body.
Height: 3.45 cm
Length: 7.0 cm
Color: Mostly 5GY 5/1 (greenish gray).
Type: sculpture
Material: bronze