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Disk with a central star pattern

Greek, South Italian
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Calabria, Tarentum

Medium/Technique Terracotta
Dimensions Diameter: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); thickness: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Harold Murdock, in memory of his brother, Rear-Admiral J. B. Murdock
Accession Number31.629
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionDisk with star pattern impressed in center. Two holes for suspension.
ProvenanceFrom excavations at Tarentum; purchased by Joseph B. Murdock in Tarentum in March 1896; loaned to MFA by J. B. Murdock, April 27,1898; March 1931: Inherited by his brother, Harold Murdock; gift to MFA from Harold Murdock in memory of his brother Rear-Admiral J. B. Murdock, September 3, 1931