Stele of Avile Tite | |
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Year | c. 550 BC |
Type | stele |
Medium | limestone |
Dimensions | 170 cm(67 in) |
Location | Museo Guarnacci, Volterra |
The Stele of Avile Tite is a monumental Etruscan limestone stele, 1.7 m high, which is kept in the Museo Guarnacci in Volterra.
The stele is a notable artefact, datable to c.550 BC and discovered in two fragments. It shows a warrior in relief within a border with an inscription (which says "I belong to Avile Tites, ...uchsie donated me" TLE2 386), typical of central northern Etruria, with Greco-oriental influences.
The warrior, to whom the stele was dedicated as a tombstone, is represented in profile in full armour, facing left, with his legs split as if he was in motion. He wears a short tunica, a cuirass (lorica), shoulder armour, and greaves on his shins and is armed with a lance and a dagger with a curved hilt. His body is depicted in profile, like his face, which has a pointy beard, layered hair, elongated eyes and lips bent in a smile.
The style of the stela is influenced by a taste for full, monumental forms, typical of the late Ionic style. The hairstyle, of the"Daedalic" type, demonstrates the provincial scope of the warrior, on account of a use which must now be dated to the period.
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