/internal/media/dispatcher/1000608/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMantiklos "Apollo"about 700–675 B.C.Height: 20.3 cm (8 in.)BronzeBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 190003.9971A votive statuette of Apollo evidenced by the inscription on the front of the thighs of this standing nude male figure; inscribed in archaic Boeotian characters "Mantiklos donated me as a tithe to the far shooter, the bearer of the Silver Bow. You, Phoebus (Apollo) give something pleasing in return." There are marks of attachment on the top of the head and a hole for attachment in the forehead. The hole in the left hand has been identified as support for a bow. It has been suggested also that the figure was a warrior, wearing a helmet and carrying a spear in the left hand and a shield on the right arm.
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