| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 4016 | |
| Title: | BRONZE STATUETTE: WARRIOR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 4016 | |
| Old Number: | Nat. Mus. -15133 (lapsed) | |
| Description: | Statuette of warrior, standing with weight on rt. leg, left bent, but foot not advanced or back. torso frontal with slight swing in hips to proper rt. Head turned 3.4 proper lt., rt. arm raised to shoulder height with forearm up, lt. arm out from side with forearm forward hand circling missing object. Wears helmet with tall crest, plumes incised. Tendril or simple wreath incised in top of helmet. Small head with features somewhat sketchily rendered. Torso covered with cuirass with wide neck, plain except for small Medusa head in relief on chest. Double row of lappets form sleeves, with two rows of lappets covering most of chitoniskos (?) which ends above knees. Wears open-toed boots which end at mid calf, cross-straps over instep. Possibly copper on nipples and Medusa head (?). | |
| Material: | Bronze. | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Complete, except for right hand, surface of leg above lt. knee, tip of plume. Hole in lt. shoulder. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.275 (max), H. 0.25 (ca. top head) | |
| Chronology: | Hellenistic or Roman ? | |
| Area: | Glauke | |
| Context: | NB86A | |
| Bibliography: | AJA 30, 1926, P45-46; Arch. Delt. XI, 1927-28 Par., P13 Fig. 19; Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 503; Corinth 20, 2003; BCH 130 (2006) 63-85; Fachard (Ed.) and Ducrey 2018, POLEMICA: Étude sur la guerre et les armées dans la Grèce ancienne | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Publication: Hill, American Journal of Archaeolog30:1... 1926 Monument: Glauke Images (6) Basket: NB86A Notebook Page: NB 86a, spread 46 (p. 79) |
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