Journal - Comune di Monteleone di Spoleto

V.27 Proper right kouros, front V.28 Proper right kouros, back
margin is cut into three semicircles that have been incised
to represent the front tongue and the sides of high boots. The
laces have also been executed with tracing: they start at the
foot and then are laced over each other repeatedly in front
of the ankle before being tied twice around the tops of the
boots, where they end in a large knot in the center.
Condition. most of the two big toes have been lost, and the
soles did not exist, at least in the preserved piece of the two
parts (see Sections i.F, iii.d). The bronze sheet is folded outward
in the lower area of the right boot. There are still traces
of ancient solder where the lower border was joined to the
lion head (see below). The exterior surface is largely metallic
with patches of green corrosion; the interior surface presents
massive corrosion.
Technical observations. The outer side edges of the boots
were probably squared off by bending and cutting along
the edge with a chisel. The upper edges of the boots are
V.29 Proper right kouros, boots
The Monteleone Chariot V: Catalogue 79