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MS864A
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Narce
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS864A |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Faliscan | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Narce |
| Locus | Tomb 43 |
| Date Made | 7th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Helmet | Shield | Warrior |
| Description | Bronze. Exterior surface slightly convex. Center raised, shaped like a Chinese hat with a central knob around which are two incised circles; on the lower surface of the disk is a stout post set slightly off center. The knob, the disk and the post are all hammered from a single sheet of copper. Rivited to end of post 0.009 m from disk remains of a piece of bronze parallel to plane of disk. Probably remains of wicker-work and leather armor, either a helmet or shield, and posts were set off center for purpose of diverting a blow. |
| Outside Diameter | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896 |
| Other Number | 43 - Field No SF |
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