Hand from a Statue of Tyche (Fortuna) Holding Cornucopia
Hand from a Statue of Tyche (Fortuna) Holding Cornucopia
Place of OriginAncient Rome
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?
Hadrianic (about 130 CE)
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
mid-2nd to early 3rd century CE (Severan?)
Late 2nd or 1st century BCE
about 150 CE
late 2nd or early 3rd century CE (Antonine or Severan)
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
1940-1945
Libbey Glass Company, an operating division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company
1940-1945
1st - 4th century CE
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