Bronze statuette of a solar deity 3rd–2nd century Etruscan The idealized features and seminudity of this carefully executed bronze statuette suggest that he represents a deity. The radiate crown indicates a solar deity, perhaps Apollo or Helios (called by the Etruscans Apulu and Usil). The object in his left hand may be an incense box. Perhaps his missing right hand once held a patera (libation bowl) resembling that held by another larger male figure ().. Bronze statuette of a solar deity 249096

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Size: 3000px × 4000px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
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