figure; urn

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Object Type: figure; urn
Museum number: 1873,0820.262.a
Description: Four bronze statuettes of boys dismounting from their horses, from the rim of a Campanian urn.
Cultures/periods: Etrusco-Campanian; Archaic Period (Etruscan)
Production date: 500BC-480BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Capua (probably)
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 10.40 centimetres (horse 1); Height: 10 centimetres (horse 2); Width: 8.80 centimetres (horse 1); Width: 10 centimetres (horse 2); Depth: 2.50 centimetres (horse 1); Depth: 2.30 centimetres (horse 2)
Curator's comments: The boys appear to be taking part in a race. Horsemen were removed from the urn because of uncertainty that they belonged together.
Bibliographic references: Bronze / Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum. Greek, Roman & Etruscan. (558); Swaddling 2004 / The Ancient Olympic Games (p. 89b)
Location: On display (G71/dc9)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2017, 11 Apr-27 Nov, Scavi di Pompei, Pompei e i Greci
Subjects: equestrian; horse/ass
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1873
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1873,0820.262.a
Conservation: Treatment: 04 Dec 2002; Treatment: 30 Apr 1979; Treatment: 30 Sep 1999; Treatment: 15 Feb 1990; Treatment: 15 May 1990

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