Shield
MS2728
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Narce
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2728 |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Faliscan | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Narce |
| Locus | Tomb 2 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze | Copper Alloy |
| Description | Restored from many small fragments and mounted on a modern backing. some of the fragments with palmette ornaments have been attached at the wrong angle. In the center is a knob from which radiated 8 spokes to a raised circle which is the inner border of a zone of dots. There are six zones of dots, each between raised bands. Of the broader zones between them two are empty, two filled with a row of palmettes; outermost, with encircled marguerites. Repousse ornament. |
| Outside Diameter | 56.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1898 |
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