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Herald's staff (Caduceus, Kerykeion), bronze, cast, engraved, hallmarked, bronze, Total: Height: 8.6 cm; Width: 2.2 cm, Rituals and ceremonies, votive gifts, snakes, bird feathers, Early Imperial period, Roman antiquity, In this small-format Kerykeion the shaft is turned, the back slightly flattened and little worked out. The upper section is flanked by two wings decorated with three rows of carefully engraved feathers. The snake bodies are scaled and knotted together at the crossing. The tail of one snake rests on the upper base of the stick shaft. The small size of the herald's staff probably indicates that it served as an attribute of a statuette - probably of the god Hermes.

Herald's staff (Caduceus, Kerykeion), bronze, cast, engraved, hallmarked, bronze, Total: Height: 8.6 cm; Width: 2.2 cm, Rituals and ceremonies, votive gifts, snakes, bird feathers, Early Imperial period, Roman antiquity, In this small-format Kerykeion the shaft is turned, the back slightly flattened and little worked out. The upper section is flanked by two wings decorated with three rows of carefully engraved feathers. The snake bodies are scaled and knotted together at the crossing. The tail of one snake rests on the upper base of the stick shaft. The small size of the herald's staff probably indicates that it served as an attribute of a statuette - probably of the god Hermes.
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Caption: Herald's staff (Caduceus, Kerykeion), bronze, cast, engraved, hallmarked, bronze, Total: Height: 8.6 cm; Width: 2.2 cm, Rituals and ceremonies, votive gifts, snakes, bird feathers, Early Imperial period, Roman antiquity, In this small-format Kerykeion the shaft is turned, the back slightly flattened and little worked out. The upper section is flanked by two wings decorated with three rows of carefully engraved feathers. The snake bodies are scaled and knotted together at the crossing. The tail of one snake rests on the upper base of the stick shaft. The small size of the herald's staff probably indicates that it served as an attribute of a statuette - probably of the god Hermes.
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Image size: 2228 × 4320 px | 27.5 MB
Print size: 18.9 × 36.6 cm | 877.2 × 1700.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • ATTRIBUTE • BACK SLIGHTLY FLATTENED • BIRD FEATHERS • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE • BRONZES • CADUCEUS • CAREFULLY ENGRAVED FEATHERS • CAST • CEREMONIES • CROSSING • EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD • ENGRAVED • FLANKED • GOD HERMES • HALLMARKED • HERALD'S STAFF • INDICATES • KERYKEION • KNOTTED TOGETHER • LITTLE WORKED OUT • RITUALS • ROMAN ANTIQUITY • SCALED • SERVED • SHAFT • SMALL SIZE • SMALL-FORMAT KERYKEION • SNAKE BODIES • SNAKE RESTS • SNAKES • STATUETTE • STICK SHAFT • TAIL • THREE ROWS • TURNED • TWO WINGS DECORATED • UPPER BASE • UPPER SECTION • VOTIVE GIFTS