Etruscan terracotta votive female head 3rd-2nd C. BCE

"The Sardians read a decree of their "kindred country" of Etruria. "Owing to its numbers," they explained, "Tyrrhenus and Lydus, sons of King Atys, had divided the nation. Lydus had remained in the territory of his fathers, Tyrrhenus had been allotted the task of creating a new settlement; and the Asiatic and Italian branches of the people had received distinctive titles from the names of the two leaders; while a further advance in the Lydian power had come with the despatch of colonists to the peninsula which afterwards took its name from Pelops." At the same time, they recalled the letters from Roman commanders, the treaties concluded with us in the Macedonian war, their ample rivers, tempered climate, and the richness of the surrounding country."

-Tacitus, Annals: Book 4.55

Etruscan terracotta votive female head, mid 3rd - early 2nd C. BCE. 9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high. Provenance with Charles Ede, London, 1975. Private Collection, San Francisco. Acquired by the current owner, U.S., 2012.

Source:

This was found on an auction site.

Quote:

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Tacitus/Annals/4D*.html#55