Hand from a Statue of Tyche (Fortuna) Holding Cornucopia
Hand from a Statue of Tyche (Fortuna) Holding Cornucopia
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsL: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); W: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); H: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
MediumMarble.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Popplestone Family
Object number
2006.90
Not on View
DescriptionFragment preserving the right hand of an over-life-size marble statue. The hand isholding a so-called horn of plenty (cornucopia), following a format typically employed for Greek and Roman representations of the personification of Fortune (Fortuna in Latin, Tyche in Greek).
1st-2nd century CE?
about 150 CE
Hadrianic (about 130 CE)
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
Late 2nd or 1st century BCE
161-169 CE
1st - 4th century CE
about 130 CE
late 2nd or early 3rd century CE (Antonine or Severan)
1st or 2nd century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
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