Figurine of Eros
332–31 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 4.1 x 3 x 2 cm (1 5/8 x 1 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World (Nagoya/BMFA exhibition catalogue, 1999), cat. #154
Accession number86.813
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over August 1886.
(Accession Date: August 1, 1886)
(Accession Date: August 1, 1886)
2960–2770 B.C.
2960–2770 B.C.
2960–2649 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
1630–1539 B.C.
1980–1630 B.C.
760–332 B.C.
399–300 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
664–525 B.C.
1356–1332 B.C.