Bronze armor pieces from ancient statues
National Archeological Museum, Athens, GreeceMaterial: Bronze
Date range: 300 BC - 1st Century AD
Origin: Ancient Greece
The main piece shows a shoulder armor part with a raised eight-pointed star design. This epaulette came from a bronze statue and dates to the late 3rd century BC.
Other fragments include shoulder straps decorated with thunderbolt symbols and cuirass belt pieces. One notable piece shows the contest between Apollo and Herakles fighting over the Delphic tripod.
These bronze pieces were originally parts of warrior statues showing detailed armor.
Museum label reference:
Kαρ. 196a: Epaulette of a cuirass decorated with an embossed star, from a statue. Late 3rd c. BC.
Kαρ. 814a: Part of a shoulder strap for supporting a sword, from a statue. It is decorated with a relief thunderbolt. 200-167 BC.
Kαρ. 196β: Part of a cuirass belt, from a statue. 300-167 BC.
Kαρ. 814β: Epaulette of a cuirass decorated with a relief winged thunderbolt, from a statue. 250-200 BC.
Kαρ. 84: Flap of a cuirass. The contest between Apollo and Herakles over the Delphic tripod is depicted. 1st c. BC-1st c. AD.
Supplementary images:
Bronze epaulette and cuirass fragments from ancient statues featuring religious and royal symbols
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