Ivory sandaled foot ca. 31 – 14 Roman The foot comes from a small statue with flesh parts of ivory and with drapery in another material, perhaps metal or semiprecious stone. The tongue of the sandal is decorated with a personification of the Nile, suggesting that the statue depicted was either an Egyptian deity or the Emperor Augustus, who annexed Egypt after the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #1073. Ivory sandaled foot Play or pause #1459. Ivory sandaled foot Supported by Bloomber
Ivory sandaled foot ca. 31 – 14 Roman The foot comes from a small statue with flesh parts of ivory and with drapery in another material, perhaps metal or semiprecious stone. The tongue of the sandal is decorated with a personification of the Nile, suggesting that the statue depicted was either an Egyptian deity or the Emperor Augustus, who annexed Egypt after the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #1073. Ivory sandaled foot Play or pause #1459. Ivory sandaled foot Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as Ivory sandaled foot 251827
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