File:Psyche and Eros embracing - 2nd Century BCE to 2nd Century CE.jpg

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Psyche and Eros embracing. 2nd Century BCE to 2nd Century CE

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English: Baked clay group of figures.

Psyche and Eros embracing.

Psyche is sitting on Eros' lap; he sits to the left, and they turn to face and kiss; she is in three-quarters profile to the left, her feet resting on a footstool; his left and her right arms are about each other's shoulders, and he presses her left breast with his left hand; his right and her left hands rest on top of the profiled forelegs of the stool;

Double mould, open base; back not worked; red clay, slipped; remnants of red paint on the himation.

Date: 2nd Century BCE to 2nd Century CE

Findspot: Babylon

Cultures/periods: Seleucid Era (?) Parthian (?)

Dimensions: Height: 11 centimetres Width: 6 centimetres

Museum number: 91789
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Source https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_Sp-III-21
Author British Museum

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