Journal - Comune di Monteleone di Spoleto

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V.68 lion head from the proper left end of the yoke, front V.69 lion head from the proper left end of the yoke, top view 96 V.71 lion head from the proper right end of the yoke, bottom view V.70 lion head from the proper right end of the yoke, front
organic material; its original appearance can no longer be reconstructed. Behind the lion head, each bronze sheet was articulated with three ribs, the central one being wider than the others. The edges were bent in at a right angle so they could be nailed to the lost support; some of the bronze nails are still in place. The lion heads are elongated and stylized. The oblong and slightly folded ears have some volume, but are only somewhat articulated. The mane with flamelike tufts issues from a band executed in relief with large hammered dots separated by rows of dots between lines. rows of dots, with and without framing lines, divide the lion’s forehead, fill the warts, depict a fold on the nose, and highlight the relief of the whiskers and the cavities of the nostrils; scattered dots cover the nose. in the eyes both irises and pupils are rendered by double concentric incised lines. The eyelashes and eyebrows are finished with tracing. Condition. one of the two elements is intact, while the nose and left eye of the other lion are flattened and show three areas of metal loss (in the left eye and ear and in the hole beneath the muzzle) plus diffuse cracks. The exterior surfaces of the heads are partially metallic with a thin film of brown tarnish and areas of compact black or green corrosion; there is some blistering on the muzzles; the attaching elements are largely covered with more massive green corrosion; the interior surfaces are mottled metallic, black, and dark and light green. Technical observations. as elsewhere, the reliefs were produced in the repoussé technique from the inside. The surface finishing was completed with tracing, punching, and chasing. 19 – 20. Proper right and proper left wheels (Figures V.72 – V.75) Bronze, iron, and wood each wheel: diam. without iron tire 24 1⁄2 in. (62 cm); felloes: H. 2 1⁄2 in. (6.5 cm); spokes: l. 7 1⁄8 in. (18 cm); nave: l. 16 1⁄8 in. (41 cm), diam. of stock 4 7⁄8 in. (12.5 cm), diam. of neck 3 3⁄8 in. (8.5 cm); iron tire: W. 1 in. (2.5 cm) Description. The wooden part of each wheel is composed of a double felloe, nine spokes, and a revolving nave, and is completely sheathed with a bronze sheet and fitted with an iron tire. X-rays (see Figure V.75) show that the outer layer of the felloe is made from segments of planks (an indeterminable number of segments), while the inner layer is made from a single bent board. 8 The iron tire is nailed, with the nails spaced about 4 3⁄8 in. (11 cm) apart. The heads of the nails were probably countersunk into the surface of the tire, sitting flush with the surface. The tire is probably formed from a single band of iron that was hot-worked into a circle; an X-ray of the proper left wheel clearly shows the junction of the ends of the band, with nails securing each end. The spokes are inserted into the inner layer and do not come in V.72 Proper right wheel V.73 Bronze revetments from the arms and stock, proper right wheel The Monteleone Chariot V: Catalogue 97
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Contents The etruscan Chariot from
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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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22 in that city he promptly cabled
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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
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iii.3 The box of the monteleone cha
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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
Page 62 and 63: 62 that reached the metropolitan mu
Page 64 and 65: 64 6. The head of the eagle at the
Page 66 and 67: V.1 Central panel of the monteleone
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 92 and 93: V.62 Bronze fragments as reconstruc
Page 94 and 95: V.65 eagle head from the end of the
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 108 and 109: 108 aPPendiX: TranSCriPTion oF SiGn
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Page 112 and 113: 112 found in the nearby small valle
Page 114 and 115: 114 14. emiliozzi 1992, p. 102, fig
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Page 118 and 119: 118 39. Serra ridgway 2001, p. 352.
Page 120 and 121: 120 suggests that they were all mad
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Page 124 and 125: 124 1972 Buccheri a cilindretto di
Page 126 and 127: 126 emiliozzi, adriana 1991 “il C
Page 128 and 129: 128 laureti, Pasquale 1904 “la bi
Page 130 and 131: 130 Welt, vol. 1, part 1, Von den A
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