Journal - Comune di Monteleone di Spoleto

V.49 right strip with recumbent lion
V.51 left strip with recumbent lion
10. Left strip with recumbent lion (Figure V.51)
l. 11 7⁄8 in. (30 cm), W. 1 5⁄8 – 3⁄4 in. (4 – 2 cm), H. of relief ¾ in.
(1.9 cm)
Description. The piece is a mirror image of cat. 9, and serves
the same purpose. its lower edge was also initially bent to a
90-degree angle, and then flattened in antiquity. at least
seven of the nine nail holes are original.
Condition. There are losses along the outer edges; the one
on the lower edge is evident and was filled in with a possibly
foreign but ancient fragment of bronze sheet in the 1903
and recent restorations. The surface is mostly metallic, with
V.50 detail of recumbent
lion on right strip
superficial brown tarnish and a thin layer of black corrosion;
there are scattered areas of green corrosion. Spot losses due
to massive green corrosion are evident on the lion.
Technical observations. Here, too, the undecorated end
of the strip was attached to the wood by two small nails
and a short section of it was covered by the boar protome.
Two rows of three small indentations and one of the three
incisions on the metal reveal where they were covered.
The decorated end — attached by two small nails — is also
concave-cut, to accommodate the lion head (cat. 8) when
the elements were assembled.
The Monteleone Chariot V: Catalogue 87