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?
Hadrianic (about 130 CE)
1st-4th century CE
about 150 CE
Late 2nd or 1st century BCE
late 2nd or early 3rd century CE (Antonine or Severan)
5th Dynasty (2498–2345 BCE)
late 2nd century AD
5th Dynasty (2498–2345 BCE)
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1397-1360 BCE
mid-2nd to early 3rd century CE (Severan?)
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