Human Votive Statuette - Bronze Warrior - Paleo-venetian Work

Human Votive Statuette - Bronze Warrior - Paleo-Venetian Work The warrior is naked, standing, legs apart, right arm raised and bent at a right angle, while the left arm is lowered and away from the body. These figurines were discovered on the site of Lagole. An ancient place of worship used throughout antiquity and the Middle Ages. The votive sanctuary has yielded many bronze artifacts, most of which are preserved in the Museum of Pieve di Cadore. The population came to the sanctuary to praise the healing deity Trumusiate. These figurines are sometimes assimilated to the god Hercules in Roman times. A similar model (called warrior in the assault) is present in the Museum of Padua under the inventory number IX-34. Paleo-Venetian work made between the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. 6.4cm high Former English collection.