
Shield bearer
Unknown Artist
Military representations were popular in the Cypro-Archaic period. During the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., foreign soldeirs were present on Cyprus. Cypriots also served as mercenaries in foreign armies. Contemporaneous Assyrian art often depicted military themes.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
c. 600-480 B.C.
Terracotta; hand-made
15.1 cm
74.51.1657
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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