Journal - Comune di Monteleone di Spoleto

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V.62 Bronze fragments as reconstructed on the left rear side panel 92 slightly dented left horn. These were made in antiquity so that the bronze sheet could be pulled out with a small rounded tool to restore the lost volume of the dented relief. The notch in the area of the cut-off tail overlaps the lion’s tail on the frieze (cat. 12) and obliterates its tip. 15. Fragments of two rear side panels (Figure V.62) Bronze and ivory (lost) reconstructed panels: H. 4 7⁄8 in. (12.5 cm), l. 5 ¾ in. (14.7 cm) ± 3⁄8 in. (1 cm), thickness of wood 3⁄8 in. (.9 cm); edging of longer side: l. as preserved 5 5⁄8 in. (14.4 cm), W. 3⁄8 in. (.9 cm); edging of shorter side: l. as preserved 4 5⁄8 in. (11.6 cm), W. 3⁄8 in. (.9 cm); fragment of sheet (recomposed): 4 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄8 in. (11.7 x 5.5 cm) These two panels were not included in the reconstruction of the chariot in 1903. Their original position had not been understood, and some of their bronze remains were used to repair losses in other sections of the chariot. of the flat sheet bronze that originally made up the rear side panels only two pieces were identified with relative certainty after the chariot was disassembled in 2002. despite the evident differences, two segments from their edgings had been mounted onto the side panels (cats. 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b; see Section i.G). The certainty that these segments of edgings belong to the chariot is supported by a third matching segment in italy that was recovered after the tomb was reopened in 1907 (Figure i.16). as no available evidence indicates how the few surviving fragments should be allocated between the two rear side panels, in the recent reconstruction it was decided to attach all of them to the proper left panel. Description. This is a flat sheet without tracing. Three small nail holes (one of which was reused in 1903) can be seen at regular intervals along the ancient edge; farther from the edge are two pairs of larger holes ( 1⁄8 in. [.35 cm]), one of which was reused in 1903. The other holes, which are scattered over the sheet, are all modern (1903 restoration). The original sheet joined one of the two panels (cat. 3a or 4a) on one side and lined up with a frieze (cat. 11 or 12) at the base (nothing is known about its profile). The two free sides were finished with edging worked in two parts, joined at the angle where they met, and nailed to the wooden support at regular intervals. Condition. one of the segments of the edging, which preserves a finished end, is almost intact, while both ends of the other are incomplete. The sheet-metal fragment has been recomposed from two pieces that were cut in 1903 and placed at two different points under the revetment of the right side of the chariot. The sheet is uniformly covered with brown and black corrosion layers and also with patchy areas of massive green corrosion. Some areas of metallic surface also remain. a solder line is visible along the original edge. Technical observations. The solder is certainly ancient, because the function the fragment served in 1903 did not require soldering. i believe that the two pairs of 1⁄8 in. (.35 cm) holes served to secure some other decoration of a different material. For example, similar holes are found in etruscan ivory inlays that were meant to be attached to a support by pins, also made of ivory. 7 16. Draft pole (Figures V.63, V.64) l. without head of bird of prey at front end 81¾ in. (207.5 cm), circumference of bronze sheet 10¼ – 7 7⁄8 in. (26 – 20 cm); diam. of wooden reconstruction 3 1⁄2 – 2¾ in. (9 – 7 cm) Description. Two sheets of different lengths (61 5⁄8 in. and 20 1⁄8 in. [156.5 cm and 51 cm]) sheathed the lost wooden pole and were attached to it by a row of nails running along the edges on the underside. These edges do not fit together, nor do they overlap, as had been thought in the reconstruction of 1903. That the space, approximately ¾ in. (2 cm) wide, left between the edges was filled with an ivory strip is confirmed by eyewitnesses, who saw the remains of the chariot at the time of the excavation. The shape of the pole — bent at an angle in the forward third — called for two pieces of metal. The section of the pole is not exactly circular, but slightly horizontally oval, and the diameter diminishes from the boar protome to the finial. The wide end of the bronze sheathing begins just below the floor frame at the front of the chariot. The top part of the sheathing at the wide end is cut to accommodate the various lashings covered by the boar protome. The cut even includes rectangular openings for the tusks. The numerous nail holes running along the edges of the cut, originally used to attach the protome placed on top, were reused in the 1903 restoration.
V.63 Bronze sheathing of the draft pole, top view. The fragment at the bottom was attached to the chariot. The two above covered the front end of the pole. V.64 Bronze sheathing of the draft pole (see Figure V.63), bottom view The Monteleone Chariot V: Catalogue 93
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i.2-i.4 The monteleone chariot afte
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i.5. diagram of the monteleone char
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i.7 The monteleone chariot after re
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16 i.9 The site of monteleone di Sp
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i.10 Plan of the gravesite of the m
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i.18 Pieces of the chariot and othe
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i.24 The monteleone chariot during
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26 i.28 detail of the monteleone ch
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28 among surviving works of ancient
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ii.2 The plaster cast used to encas
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32 a b c ii.8 Bronze decoration on
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ii.11 Substructure of parade chario
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ii.15 reconstruction of the shock-a
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38 century B.C. it seems that the s
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40 inserted the tenons of a curved
Page 42 and 43: iii.3 The box of the monteleone cha
Page 44 and 45: iii.4 montage of photographs showin
Page 46 and 47: iii.6 diagrams of the central panel
Page 48 and 49: 48 fied the female figure as earth,
Page 50 and 51: 50 outside wheel of achilles’s ch
Page 52 and 53: iii.15 iii.16 iii.17 details of the
Page 54 and 55: iii.29 details of the toolmarks on
Page 56 and 57: iii.41 Toolmarks on the inner decor
Page 58 and 59: 58 attested from excavations) devel
Page 60 and 61: iii.43 aryballos in the form of an
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Page 64 and 65: 64 6. The head of the eagle at the
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Page 68 and 69: 68 V.4 Central panel, right profile
Page 70 and 71: V.8 Central panel, detail of the Bo
Page 72 and 73: V.11 Boar protome V.12 detail of th
Page 74 and 75: 74 V.19 Proper right tusk of the bo
Page 76 and 77: V.23 Proper right panel and related
Page 78 and 79: 78 V.26 edging of the proper right
Page 80 and 81: 80 V.30 Proper left panel and relat
Page 82 and 83: 82 V.33 edging of the proper left p
Page 84 and 85: V.37 right nailed boss, front V.38
Page 86 and 87: V.46 left lion head, front 86 V.47
Page 88 and 89: 88 V.52 Frieze on proper right side
Page 90 and 91: V.56 Frieze on proper left side, fr
Page 94 and 95: V.65 eagle head from the end of the
Page 96 and 97: V.68 lion head from the proper left
Page 98 and 99: V.74 Proper left wheel V.75 X-ray o
Page 100 and 101: 100 V.77 location of ivory fragment
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Page 104 and 105: 104 V.86 Fragment of ivory decorati
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Page 118 and 119: 118 39. Serra ridgway 2001, p. 352.
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Page 128 and 129: 128 laureti, Pasquale 1904 “la bi
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