09-29-2014, 03:54 PM
For the Aspis, the MFA's website ( http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/sh...ype-262227 ) gives:
Provenance
By 1971: with Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (according to the firm's invoice of April 25, 1971: purchased from a private person in Switzerland); purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., September 15, 1971
They don't have a find spot listed, but you might be able to get more information if you email them. I'd guess that they don't know where it came from, but are satisfied that it is authentic.
The Met does not seem to list that particular shield on their online collection but they have several similar examples, all of which they list as 7th cent. BCE Italic and Etruscan shield bosses
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-...nformation
They have find spots either, but again you may be able to get more info with a quick email. The Met thinks that these are funerary bosses, rather than practical facings for a pelta. Perhaps they were found in a tomb? The descriptions seem to imply that the curator might have more information.
Provenance
By 1971: with Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (according to the firm's invoice of April 25, 1971: purchased from a private person in Switzerland); purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., September 15, 1971
They don't have a find spot listed, but you might be able to get more information if you email them. I'd guess that they don't know where it came from, but are satisfied that it is authentic.
The Met does not seem to list that particular shield on their online collection but they have several similar examples, all of which they list as 7th cent. BCE Italic and Etruscan shield bosses
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-...nformation
They have find spots either, but again you may be able to get more info with a quick email. The Met thinks that these are funerary bosses, rather than practical facings for a pelta. Perhaps they were found in a tomb? The descriptions seem to imply that the curator might have more information.
