Roman Bronze Statuette of a Barbarian Prisoner

£ 400.00

An interesting Ancient Roman bronze statuette depicting a seated male figure, shown with his hands tied together. The figure can possibly represent a Barbarian prisoner of war, depicted here wearing a Phrygian cap. The statuette has been pierced in antiquity for suspension.

Date: Circa 1st-3rd Century AD
Condition: Complete and intact, with signs of aging and earthly encrustations to the surface. The bronze displays a nice green patina.

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Product Code: RES-32
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The Phrygian cap, worn by the figure here portrayed, is a soft, fabric made conical cap with its top end pulled forward and it was associated with populations based in Eastern Europe and the Near East – Anatolia, Phrygia, and Dacia. In Ancient Roman culture, the Phrygian cap became associated with several other non-Roman-speaking peoples, “barbarians” in the classical sense, as they were not able to speak the Roman idiom, suggesting that this figure is meant to represent a non-Roman or non-Greek individual.

Dimensions W 1.3 x H 4 cm
Region

Southern Europe

Metal

Bronze