 FILETTO II
Villafranca
(MS)
Even though this stelae-statue bears the imprint of
This stelae-statue is probably the most well-known of the Lunigiana group.
Even if it still partly retains the rigidity of the stone block, in any case,
the figure was decisively conceived as a round.
It possesses all of the characteristics of the statues of Group C : a round
head, detached from the body, with the face raised in a natural way; armaments typical of the
group with the square-bladed axe and the two javelins with conical points; double belt that follows
the sides and continues onto the back of the statue.
The style of depicting the anatomical details is definitely simple and imprecise, as can
be seen by the arms that do not arise from the ends of the clavicular axis, from the spatular
hands, and from the representation of the legs.
Other details that should be noted are, precisely the legs, the loincloth between the
legs, at the
base of which can be glimpsed the testicles, and the hint of a beard underneath the
chin.
The elements which allow this masterpiece to be dated to the middle of the VI century B.C. are
the inscriptions with Etruscan characters, engraved between the axe and the clavicular line and
interpreted as the word uvezaruapu(.)s, and the poignard with the antennae-handle depicted
on the side of the stelae-statue.
It is currently located inside the Palazzo Bocconi in Pontremoli.
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