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from the collections of American MET and Italian state museums come these objects with horse engraved, incised or repoussed on the bronze helmets.
South-central Crete , a late VII century BC bronze helmet with horses created through the repousse technique (with small lions incised). - from the MET.
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the 500-450 BC helmet with incised horses, horseman and a groom (?) - perhaps Etruscan - from the collections of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale della Marche, Ancona. From 'A cavallo del tempo exhibit' (2018).
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A fragment of a terracotta relief with two chariot (?) horses- late 6th century southern Italy (then Magna Graecia).
Finally, the ancient Greek armor, a bronze belly guard from theVII century Crete (the MET), from the same cache where the helmet was found.
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