Model

Votive

MS2434A

From: Italy | Etruria | Populonia (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS2434A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italic | Sardinian | Nuragic
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Populonia (uncertain)
Period Early Iron Age
Date Made 900 BCE to 600 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Technique Cast
Iconography Pharetra | Quiver
Description

Two twin pieces - votive quivers; see also MS 275. Flat votive objects, quiver-shaped. Obverse shows raised outline of a dagger in a pocket; reverse has outline of three arrows, feathers upward. On the straight edge, two ringlike projections, pierced in center. Point at bottom of uiver thickens into series of two balls.

Length 12.4 cm
Width 5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897

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