Bronze statuette of Philoktetes, Roman copy of Greek original ca. 200 B.C. Bequest of David M. Robinson. Villanovan bronze horse bit, mid to late 8th cent. B.C., from Italy.
Bit is shaped like traditional Greek geometric depictions of horses.
Purchased in Philadelphia, PA in the 1970's by the University of Mississippi Classics Department. Roman medical intruments, bronze, gifts of the medical alumni of the University of Mississippi and the Department of Classics. Etruscan incense burner, bronze, 4th cent. All rights reserved.