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The Orator, also known as L'Arringatore in Italian or Aule Meteli in Etruscan, is an Etruscan bronze sculpture made in the late second or early first century BC. It depicts Aulus Metellus, a senator of the Roman republic, and stands 179 centimeters tall.
Aulus Metellus was an Etruscan senator in the Roman republic, originally from Perugia or Cortona. The inscription on the statue identifies him as the son of Vel and Vesi.
The Orator was found in 1566. Its exact discovery location within the surrounding area remains debated among historians.
Sources agree The Orator was found in or near Lake Trasimeno, in the province of Perugia, on the border between Umbria and Tuscany. That spot lies about 177 kilometers, or 110 miles, from Rome.
The Etruscan inscription on The Orator translates roughly as a dedication: Auli Meteli, son of Vel and Vesi, had this statue set up as a votive offering to the god Sans, by deliberation of the people. Someone named Tenine is credited with setting it up, though that reading carries a question mark among scholars.
Historians debate why The Orator was made. Some read it as a votive offering, an object given to a god in thanks for an answered prayer, while others argue it was an honorary statue meant for public display with political and social significance.