• Clay plaque with warrior relief



Clay plaque with warrior relief
Clay plaque with warrior relief

Clay plaque with warrior relief

Π11146
Pink clay
Mended from two fragments, restored on bottom right corner, lower part incomplete
Height: 8.2 cm. Width 4.7-5 cm.
Gortyn
Sanctuary of Athena on the Acropolis
Archaic period:
late 6th c. BC:
Gallery:
XVII
Case:
168
Exhibition thematic unit:
Geometric - Archaic - Classical period (10th - 4th c. BC). The Sanctuaries. From Minoan cult to the amalgamation of religious beliefs
Sanctuaries
Description
Roughly four-sided relief plaque stressing the vertical dimension. It depicts a standing naked warrior turning right, his body depicted frontally. He is leaning on a vertical spear and wearing a raised Corinthian helmet with an oversized crest. The musculature of the body and limbs is particularly stressed. There is a suspension hole in the centre of the upper side and scattered traces of white paint.
Bibliography:
G. Rizza - V. Santamaria Scrinari, Il santuario dell'acropoli di Gortina, I, Roma 1968, 192-3, no. 320, tav. ΧLIII.
Author:
K. S.


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