Centaur of Vulci

The Centaur of Vulci is a statue of the Etruscan Orientalising period, discovered in Vulci near Etruscan Viterbo, now in the collection of the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome.

History

The statue was discovered in a private tomb in the necropolis of Poggio Maremma in the Vulci Archaeological Park.

Description

This nenfro statue dates from 590 to 580 BC. It represents a centaur, a character from Greek mythology with a human torso and a horse's body.

The head, with an incised beard and hair falling into three braids on the upper legs, gives way to a brief chest and an equine body that lacks a tail. The arms are missing, and also the legs below the knees; hands are visible on the hips.

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