Patera or boss
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsDiameter (average for all six): 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.691a
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Not on viewClassificationsVessels
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ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (one of a group of objects that according to Warren's records were brought to Rome and had all been found together in a tomb at Ferentinum [the contents included MFA 98.687-691a, 98.774-775, 98.778-783, 98.800-801, and 98.918]); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)
about 550–530 B.C.
Third or 4th century A.D.
about 2400 B.C.
mid-7th century B.C.
about seventh century B.C.
about 650 B.C.
late 7th century B.C.
late 7th–early 6th century B.C.