disc;
forgery
- Museum number
- 2010,5012.1
- Description
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Circular disk made of volcanic stone. Rim mostly broken away. Inscribed with six lines of text.
- Production date
- 400 BC - 300 BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 36 centimetres
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Thickness: 7 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- p.506-507
Hamilton Gray, E. (1843). Tour to the Sepulchres of Etruria in 1839. London: J. Hatchard & Son. 3rd edition.
According to Hamilton Gray, Butler used to describe this object as "my Etruscan Fire Insurance Policy". She records that it was sold to the British Museum for £6.6s.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1840
- Acquisition notes
- Not among the objects from the Butler sale in the register but known to have been in his collection.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 2010,5012.1
