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Shield from the Votive Figurine of a Warrior
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Only the shield survives of this flat lead figurine of a warrior. The round shield is decorated with a 13-petalled rosette surrounded by a plain border. Break points indicate the position of the now lost neck, legs, and tips of helmet crest and spear, showing that the warrior was walking to the left, with his spear pointed downwards and to the front. The plain back suggests that the figurine was cast in a one-sided mold.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Humfry Payne Collection (?-1936) England. [Galerie Gunter Puhze Freiburg Germany 2001] sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (2001-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Shield from the Votive Figurine of a Warrior
Description:
Only the shield survives of this flat lead figurine of a warrior.
The round shield is decorated with a 13-petalled rosette surrounded by a plain border.
Break points indicate the position of the now lost neck, legs, and tips of helmet crest and spear, showing that the warrior was walking to the left, with his spear pointed downwards and to the front.
The plain back suggests that the figurine was cast in a one-sided mold.
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