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Accession_Number 23.11.31G
Shape Figurine
Shape_description
Material Lead
Fabric Spartan
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Munsell_color
Decoration Profile figure facing right and wearing a helmet. Holding a small shield with a compact bike spokes formation. Lead is off-colour white-grey.
Inscriptions
Condition Chipped in many places, with the spear and legs broken off completely.
Technique/Style Relief
Provenance From the Spartan Temple of Artemis Orthia?
Period High Archaic (?)
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Artist
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Image

2005.06.0043.jpg
Top view of a lead figurine, showing a figure wearing a helmet facing right and holding a shield.
Comparanda Smaller than 23.11.31C.
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
Beazley_DB
Height 2.7cm
Diameters 1.4cm for the shield
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Location 11.1.10
Edited_by Alex; Liz
Date_edited 21.08.2003; 21.06.2007
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