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Laconia, scattered

Laconian objects held outside Sparta, with data as published by each museum. Flags show where the find-spot is documented, still to be confirmed, or outside Laconia (objects traded abroad in antiquity are included as part of Laconia’s story and marked as such).

Draped warrior (“Spartan warrior”), bronze statuette

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Draped warrior (“Spartan warrior”), bronze statuette

DATE: c. 510–500 BCE (late Archaic)
MATERIAL: Bronze (modern red stone base)
FIND-SPOT: Not published by the museum. The museum attributes it to “Greek, probably Sparta”.
HELD BY: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
INV. NO.: 1917.815
PROVENANCE: C. & E. Canessa, Paris (dealers); bought by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1906 as one of 52 ancient bronzes for £20,000; lent to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; shipped to America in 1912; given to the Wadsworth Atheneum by J. P. Morgan Jr. in 1917 (credit line “Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.815”). Size 15.1 × 5.3 × 3.2 cm (OUP, The Spartans, photo caption; Bowdoin gives 14.5 × 5 × 4.5 cm without base). Find-spot unpublished. Online collection record link pending (collection site unreachable 31 Oct 2026); details from the museum’s own wall labels.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: Photograph of the object at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art by Pericles Gregoriou (owner); museum images are not openly licensed. Checked via: Wadsworth Atheneum wall-label PDFs (thewadsworth.org), Bowdoin College Museum of Art “Figures from the Fire” (2023), OUP The Spartans caption; museum collection record link pending, 31 Oct 2026

Bronze mirror with a support in the form of a nude girl

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Bronze mirror with a support in the form of a nude girl

DATE: 2nd half of the 6th century BCE
MATERIAL: Bronze
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 38.11.3
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Fletcher Fund, 1938”.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Bronze mirror support in the form of a nude girl

Found outside Laconia

Bronze mirror support in the form of a nude girl

DATE: ca. 540–530 BCE
MATERIAL: Bronze
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; the Cesnola Collection was assembled on Cyprus, so this object was very probably found outside Laconia.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 74.51.5680
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76”. The Cesnola Collection was assembled on Cyprus by Luigi Palma di Cesnola.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

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Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

DATE: ca. 570–560 BCE
MATERIAL: Terracotta
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 50.11.7
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Rogers Fund, 1950”.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

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Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

DATE: ca. 550 BCE
MATERIAL: Terracotta
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 59.15
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Gift of N. Koutoulakis, 1959”.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

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Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

DATE: 2nd half of 6th century BCE
MATERIAL: Terracotta
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 66.11.16
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Rogers Fund, 1966”.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Terracotta lekaina (two-handled drinking cup)

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Terracotta lekaina (two-handled drinking cup)

DATE: 6th century BCE
MATERIAL: Terracotta
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 1986.11.7
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 1986”.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Found outside Laconia

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

DATE: 6th century BCE
MATERIAL: Terracotta
FIND-SPOT: Sardis (Lydia), per the credit line (American Society for the Exploration of Sardis). A Laconian cup traded abroad in antiquity.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 14.30.26
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Gift of The American Society for the Exploration of Sardis, 1914”.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Lead figure of a winged goddess, perhaps Artemis Orthia

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Lead figure of a winged goddess, perhaps Artemis Orthia

DATE: late 7th–6th century BCE
MATERIAL: Lead
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 24.195.39
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924”. Part of a gift of Laconian material from the archaeologist A. J. B. Wace. Excavation context to be confirmed from the Met object page.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Lead figure of a winged goddess

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Lead figure of a winged goddess

DATE: late 7th–early 6th century BCE
MATERIAL: Lead
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 24.195.4
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924”. Part of a gift of Laconian material from the archaeologist A. J. B. Wace. Excavation context to be confirmed from the Met object page.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Lead figure of a goddess with a spear and aegis, probably Athena

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Lead figure of a goddess with a spear and aegis, probably Athena

DATE: 6th–5th century BCE
MATERIAL: Lead
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 24.195.50
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924”. Part of a gift of Laconian material from the archaeologist A. J. B. Wace. Excavation context to be confirmed from the Met object page.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Lead figure of a warrior with a helmet, shield, and spear

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Lead figure of a warrior with a helmet, shield, and spear

DATE: 6th–5th century BCE
MATERIAL: Lead
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 24.195.60
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924”. Part of a gift of Laconian material from the archaeologist A. J. B. Wace. Excavation context to be confirmed from the Met object page.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Lead plaque with two women

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Lead plaque with two women

DATE: 6th century BCE
MATERIAL: Lead
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 24.195.33
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924”. Part of a gift of Laconian material from the archaeologist A. J. B. Wace. Excavation context to be confirmed from the Met object page.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Statuette of a flute-player, female

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Statuette of a flute-player, female

DATE: Not stated in record
MATERIAL: Lead
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 24.195.1
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924”. Part of a gift of Laconian material from the archaeologist A. J. B. Wace. Excavation context to be confirmed from the Met object page.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Lead wreath of lotus buds

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Lead wreath of lotus buds

DATE: 6th–5th century BCE
MATERIAL: Lead
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 24.195.177
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924”. Part of a gift of Laconian material from the archaeologist A. J. B. Wace. Excavation context to be confirmed from the Met object page.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Nose from a terracotta mask

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Nose from a terracotta mask

DATE: 6th century BCE
MATERIAL: Terracotta
FIND-SPOT: Not stated in the Met's open-access record; Laconian attribution is the Met's.
HELD BY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INV. NO.: 24.195.185
PROVENANCE: Credit line as published by the Met: “Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924”. Part of a gift of Laconian material from the archaeologist A. J. B. Wace. Excavation context to be confirmed from the Met object page. Masks of this kind are best known from the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia; the Met record does not state the find-spot.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0). Checked via: Met Collection API record (collectionapi.metmuseum.org), 31 Oct 2026

Bronze figure of a warrior

Find-spot documented

Bronze figure of a warrior

DATE: 6th century BC
MATERIAL: Bronze
FIND-SPOT: Sparta (Greece), per the British Museum record
HELD BY: British Museum, London
INV. NO.: 1929,1016.6
PROVENANCE: Purchased from Theodoros A. Zoumpoulakis (British Museum record). Described by the museum: “Bronze figure of a warrior. He once held a spear in his raised hand.”
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: Mary Harrsch / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Checked via: British Museum Collection Online record (via web search index), 31 Oct 2026. Museum photo is CC BY-NC-SA, so a Commons photo is used.

Gold bull’s head (jewel?)

Find-spot documented

Gold bull’s head (jewel?)

DATE: Mycenaean; 14th century BC (?) per the Louvre
MATERIAL: Gold (sheet, granulation)
FIND-SPOT: Amyklai (Amyclées), Laconia, per the Louvre record
HELD BY: Musée du Louvre, Paris
INV. NO.: MND 966 ; Bj 2081
PROVENANCE: Former collections Edme-Antoine Durand and Comte de Caylus; purchased 1825. The Louvre notes the body it was once attached to was stolen in 1830. Not on display.
RECORD: Museum record ↗

Image: Unknown artistUnknown artist / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain. Checked via: Louvre Collections record (via web search index), 31 Oct 2026. Note: the Commons file dates it to the 16th c. BC; the Louvre record says 14th c. BC (?) and is followed here.

AWAITING VERIFICATION, NOT YET SHOWNCandidates seen on Wikimedia Commons whose museum record we have not yet opened: Laconian cups in the Art Institute of Chicago (79.2012) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1995.841); the votive relief from Chrysapha (Berlin, Antikensammlung Sk 731); the ivory plaque from the Orthia sanctuary (National Archaeological Museum, Athens, A15502, per Commons); a tetradrachm of Kleomenes III showing Apollo of Amyklai (Berlin Münzkabinett); lead figurines from the Orthia sanctuary at UCL; and the bronze Draped Warrior, c.510–500 BC, “Greek, probably Sparta”, 15.1 cm, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.815 (as captioned in The Spartans (Oxford University Press), figure caption; find-spot unknown, Laconian by style; Morgan bought his bronzes 1904–1916, per Bowdoin College Museum of Art). It will be added once the Wadsworth’s online record can be opened. The Vix krater (Musée du Pays Châtillonnais) will be listed only with a clear warning, because its workshop is disputed: Laconian, Corinthian and Western Greek workshops have all been argued (see e.g. Archéologia / Cairn, doi:10.3917/arch.202.0263, which proposes a mixed workshop, probably at Poseidonia).