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Source Description
The soldier on the plaque wears a tunic and cuirass and a crested and plumed helmet with cheek guards. His spear is beside him. The modeling is bold and chunky but not unaccomplished.The left side of the frame and the front of the soldier's helmet are both chipped. The plaque is sharply convex on a vertical axis and probably decorated a cylindrical box or a piece of furniture. It must have been secured by vertical framing that overlaped the grooved frame on the sides since no attachment holes exist.Plaques of this type normally have been attributed to the 3rd or 4th century, but the similarity of this one in size and style of carving to a plaque from a 1st century BC tomb at Cuma, Italy, raises the question whether this and perhaps other plaques may not be much earlier in date.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
2843
label
Soldier
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
2843
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Soldier
description
The soldier on the plaque wears a tunic and cuirass and a crested and plumed helmet with cheek guards. His spear is beside him. The modeling is bold and chunky but not unaccomplished.The left side of the frame and the front of the soldier's helmet are both chipped. The plaque is sharply convex on a vertical axis and probably decorated a cylindrical box or a piece of furniture. It must have been secured by vertical framing that overlaped the grooved frame on the sides since no attachment holes exist.Plaques of this type normally have been attributed to the 3rd or 4th century, but the similarity of this one in size and style of carving to a plaque from a 1st century BC tomb at Cuma, Italy, raises the question whether this and perhaps other plaques may not be much earlier in date.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BCE (?); 3rd-4th century CE (?)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
plaques (flat objects)
boxes (containers)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.5
height
6
depth
2
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/8 x W: 2 3/8 x D: 13/16 in. (8.5 x 6 x 2 cm)
Source extras
med
bone
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
2107
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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dc71aa7875e21d87
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
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45ee9c7f3a2123df
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no
hasDescription
no