Bronze handles from a large volute-krater (vase for mixing wine and water), Late Archaic, ca. 500–475 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H. 9 in. (22.9 cm), Bronzes, The handles have the distinctive shape associated with a type of krater made in Vulci and exported to Etruscan settlements as far away as Spina in Northern Italy. The youths wearing winged boots and holding the bridles of their horses are almost certainly the twin gods, Castur and Pultuce (Roman: Castor and Pollux), the sons of Zeus; the two are known in Etruscan as Tinas Cliniar
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Bronze handles, large volute-krater, vase, mixing wine, water, Late Archaic, ca, 500–475 B.C, Etruscan, Bronze, H, 9, 22.9 cm, Bronzes, handles, distinctive shape, associated, type, krater, Vulci, exported, Etruscan settlements, far away, Spina, Northern Italy, youths wearing, winged, boots, holding, bridles, horses, almost certainly, twin gods, Castur, Pultuce, Roman, Castor, Pollux, sons, Zeus, two, Tinas Cliniar
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