figure; vessel-fitting

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Object Type: figure; vessel-fitting
Museum number: 1856,1226.800
Description: Bronze statuette of a mounted Amazon with bow aimed forward, in Scythian fashion; a decorative attachment from the rim of a Campanian cinerary urn.
Cultures/periods: Etrusco-Campanian; Archaic Period (Etruscan) (Etruscan) (Etruscan)
Production date: 510BC-490BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Campania (probably)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Capua
Materials: bronze
Dimensions: Height: 11.43 centimetres; Length: 15.24 centimetres
Location: On display (Room 71 - Etruscan world, Display Case 9)
Subjects: equestrian; amazon
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Sir William Temple
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1856,1226.800
Conservation: Treatment: 19 Oct 2009; Treatment: 16 Apr 1990

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