Inscribed or Decorated Sheet Metal 

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Import Restricted since 2011.

Section I.B.1.c of Designated List in force since 2011.

In bronze or lead. Engraved inscriptions, "curse tablets," and thin metal sheets with engraved or impressed designs often used as attachments to furniture.
Approximate date: 4th millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.

Example shown:
Decorative Sheet of a Wooden Box with relief decoration of mythological scenes (the murder of Klytaemnestra by Orestes, Amazonomachy with Achilles and Penthesileia)
Material: Bronze; Period: ca. 570 B.C.; Provenance: Olympia (site of the new museum); Place of Production: Samos; Dimensions: height - 31.3 cm. / width - 15 cm.
Archaeological Museum of Olympia