This bronze hand is a particularly unusual artifact. Hammered from sheet bronze, it tapers towards the wrist and features a cuff-like forearm section with two nail holes, suggesting it was affixed in pairs to wooden structures. Traces of fabric found on a similar pair of hands from a warrior’s grave in Vulci indicate that these […]

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