Terracotta stemmed plate ca. 625–600 Capenate These two plates (grouped with separable object, ), elegantly incised with variations of a lotus and palmette frieze, are the only certain examples in the Museum's collection made by an Italic people called the Capenates. This small ethnic group, speaking a dialect related to Sabine, lived in a region of Central Italy between the Etruscans and the Faliscans. Their major city, Capena, was conquered by the Romans in 395 Terracotta stemmed plate 251355 Capenate, Terracotta stemmed plate, ca. 625?600 , Terracotta, H. 3 5/16 in.
Terracotta stemmed plate ca. 625–600 Capenate These two plates (grouped with separable object, ), elegantly incised with variations of a lotus and palmette frieze, are the only certain examples in the Museum's collection made by an Italic people called the Capenates. This small ethnic group, speaking a dialect related to Sabine, lived in a region of Central Italy between the Etruscans and the Faliscans. Their major city, Capena, was conquered by the Romans in 395 Terracotta stemmed plate 251355 Capenate, Terracotta stemmed plate, ca. 625?600 , Terracotta, H. 3 5/16 in. ( cm) diameter 7 1/2 in. (19 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1923 ()
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