Bronze Handle with a Gladiator in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, October 2009

Gladiator
Roman, Late Republican or Early Imperial Period, 1st century B.C.

Dimensions: Height: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.)

Medium or Technique: Bronze

Classification: Sculpture

Catalogue Raisonné: Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 122.

Accession Number: 1984.142

Handle of a short sword or large knife with figurine of a gladiator of Samnite type, with shield, helmet, face mask, body armor, greaves, and sword. He advances to right, his left knee bent.

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