CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE WITH INSCRIPTION
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high

Provenance

Elsa Boch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired prior to 1975.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
S. Haynes, 'The Bronze Priests and Priestesses from Nemi', Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäogischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung 67, 1960, pp. 34-47.
H. Jucker (ed.), Hefte des Archäologischen Seminars der Universität Bern, Bern, 1979, pp. 30-31, no. 10, pls. 1-4.

The inscription along the hem of the drapery is most likely a dedication with the name of the donor, reading vi.travi (oder traci). ies' - 'Vipe(?) has given this'.

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