Etruscan funerary stele of Au(ve)le Feluske, 2

Sandstone

Orientalizing-Archaic period, ca. 4th quarter 7th c. BCE

Found at Vetulonia (see on Pleiades), Poggio alle Birbe necropolis, in 1894, by Isidoro Falchi

 

The deceased, Aule or Auvele Feluske, is represented outfitted as a warrior, as a hoplite, with a round aspis shield, wearing a Corinthian-type helmet and holding a double ax, this last rather a symbol of power, not being the typical armament of the hoplite. An Etruscan inscription runs around the edges of the stele. The man's nomenclature, both praenomen and gentilicium, has been linked with a Faliscan origin.

 

Etruscan text (Meiser, ET Vn 1.1):

[mi a]uvileś feluskeś tuśnutal[a pa/]panalaś mini mul/uvaneke hirumi[n]a ɸersnalnaś

 

In the collection of the Museo Civico Archeologico "Isidoro Falchi," Vetulonia

(Formerly? Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Firenze)

Inv. 8620

 

Photographed on display at the exhibit "Lex. Giustizia e diritto dall'Etruria a Roma" (Lex. Justice and law from Etruria to Rome) at the Museo dell'Ara Pacis (27 May-10 September 2023), Rome, Italy

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