Patera handle of a man carrying two rams
- Description
- This handle from a ‘patera’ bowl is shaped in the form of a man with raised arms holding two rams. It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague who collected over 800 classical archaeological objects and bequeathed the collection to the museum on his death. In his catalogue he recorded he purchased it at auction and it is not known where it had been found originally.
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/703
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- patera handle of a man carrying two rams
- Simple Name
- handle
- Full Name
- patera handle, figurine of a man carrying two rams
- Cultural Group
- Etruscan
- Production Year Low
- -700
- Production Year High
- -400
- Family Group
- Material
- copper alloy
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD, Lieutenant Colonel
