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Sep 15, 2009
Sep 15, 2009
Sep 15, 2009
Sep 15, 2009
Mouse
Mouse
AD 1–200
Bronze
Overall: 1.4 x 1.6 cm (9/16 x 5/8 in.)
Gift of Keith P. Smith 1985.177
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Description
The Romans were the first people in antiquity to make large numbers of genre sculptures for no purpose other than household decoration. This mouse may have been just such a knick-knack or it may have ornamented a metal food container laying claim to its contents so that other mice would stay away.
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