Plaque
MS854F
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Narce
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS854F |
Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Faliscan | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Narce |
Locus | Tomb 43 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Description | Rectangular Plaque. Measurements for MS854A through M vary from 0.034m x 0.035m to 0.014m x 0.014m. Some are oblong, some square. Five are slightly convex at present, originally probably flat. Small perforations in corners for nailing to wood or leather backing or for sewing to a garment. Commonest scheme of decoration 2 diagonals of punched dots, but there also occurs a star of the same with one or more circles at its center and on 2 of the largest plaques, concentric circles in the center and three rows of fine dots along the contours of the plaque. |
Length | 3.4 cm |
Width | 3.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896 |
Other Number | 824 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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