苏格兰国家博物馆新研究认定米尔辛顿铜腿属安东尼·庇护巨型骑马像：1820年出土，专题展11月14日开幕
英国苏格兰边境地区一处沼泽在1820年出土了一条大于真人尺寸的鎏金青铜小腿，被称为米尔辛顿腿。苏格兰国家博物馆研究人员在专题展筹备期间认定，这条铜腿属于一尊曾立于苏格兰南部的罗马皇帝安东尼·庇护巨型骑马像。
研究人员指出，铜腿没有被暴力砍断的痕迹。据其推断，这尊雕像由撤退中的罗马军队有计划地拆解，时间在公元二世纪。米尔辛顿腿是迄今在苏格兰发现的唯一一例罗马皇帝巨型雕像实物。
这件文物1820年在霍伊克附近出土后，曾在爱丁堡附近的达尔基斯宫存放约一个世纪。苏格兰国家博物馆史前与罗马考古首席策展人弗雷泽·亨特就研究结论发布了说明。
米尔辛顿腿与因弗雷斯克的密特拉祭坛等罗马时期文物，将在苏格兰国家博物馆的专题展《罗马苏格兰：帝国边缘的生活》中展出。展览于11月14日开幕，展至2027年4月18日，地点在爱丁堡的苏格兰国家博物馆。
这尊骑马像的原貌已由研究人员作出复原推断，但雕像被拆解的确切原因仍无定论。展览与研究细节以苏格兰国家博物馆发布为准。
National Museums Scotland Study Links Milsington Bronze Leg to a Colossal Equestrian Statue of Antoninus Pius: Found in 1820, Exhibition Opens November 14
In 1820, a larger-than-life gilded bronze lower leg was pulled from a bog in the Scottish Borders and became known as the Milsington leg. Researchers at National Museums Scotland have now determined, ahead of a new exhibition, that the leg formed part of a colossal equestrian statue of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius that once stood in southern Scotland.
The researchers note that the bronze leg shows no signs of being violently hacked off. They posit that the statue was dismantled by retreating Roman troops in the second century C.E. The Milsington leg is the only example of a monumental Roman emperor statue ever found in Scotland.
After its excavation near Hawick in 1820, the leg spent a century at Dalkeith Palace near Edinburgh. Fraser Hunter, principal curator of prehistoric and Roman archaeology at National Museums Scotland, issued a statement on the findings.
The Milsington leg, together with finds including the Inveresk Mithras altars, goes on display in 'Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire' at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The exhibition opens on November 14, 2026, and runs through April 18, 2027.
Researchers have reconstructed what the full equestrian statue likely looked like, though the reason it was dismantled remains unresolved. Exhibition and research details are published by National Museums Scotland.
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图片来源：图：苏格兰国家博物馆《罗马苏格兰：帝国边缘的生活》专题展展厅，白色骑马像为安东尼·庇护巨像复原。来源：苏格兰国家博物馆官方发布。 / Photo: The 'Roman Scotland' exhibition gallery at the National Museum of Scotland, with a reconstruction of the colossal equestrian statue of Antoninus Pius. Credit: National Museums Scotland.
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