Greco-Roman Etruscan
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of 24 Etruscan artefacts, dating from 700 to 200 BC. This collection contains fine bronzes, including three helmets, a spiked horse-bit, two figurines and two mirrors decorated with incised human and divine figures. Bronze vessels include a toilet box (cista) with a cylindrical body decorated with incised warriors, a lid supporting two male figures, three handled jugs (oinochoe) and a libation dish (patera). Terracotta items include the head of a woman and the distinctive black pottery known as bucchero ware, which was produced by the Etruscans in the 7th and 6th centuries. There is also a footed cup decorated with a moulded frieze of lions, two-handled drinking cups (kantharos) and handled jugs (oinochoe), which date to the late 7th century BC. Three vessels (olpe, oinochoe, skyphos), which date to the early 6th century BC, are painted with friezes of birds and animals. The Etruscan civilization of ancient Italy and Corsica preceded the foundation of Rome and had its own language and culture. It was eventually eclipsed when the Romans sacked the Etrurian city of Veii in 396 BC.
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