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Collection Item: Altarpiece
Basic info
- Collection
- Archaeology
- Object name
- Altarpiece
- Object category
- Medieval
- Description
- Incomplete and weathered altarpiece. A male figure, possibly Moses, facing forward, head and upper torso only. Face is expressionless, with large bulging eyes, centre-parted long hair and a two-pronged beard. The right hand holds flat-fronted, curved object (possibly a tablet) with the forefinger extended across its surface. Robes are coloured red.
- Production date start
- 1066
- Production date end
- 1540
- Period
- Medieval
Identification
- Object number
- YORYM : 2013.1165
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 18628
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Alabaster (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Whole height 19.5 cm
- Whole width 11.0 cm
- Whole depth 5.0 cm
