Relief terracotta plaque with mythical scene



Relief terracotta plaque with mythical scene

Π11512
Clay
Missing the upper left corner
Height: 8.4 cm. Width: 6.2 cm.
Gortyn
Sanctuary of the Acropolis
Early Archaic period:
7th 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
Terracotta plaque with bas-relief scene. In the centre is a regal figure seated on a throne and holding a sceptre. A woman and a man are standing over the figure, the woman gripping his arm and the man threatening him with a sword. The scene has been interpreted as the murder of Agamemnon by Aegisthus and Clytemnestra.
Bibliography:
G.Rizza- V.S. Scrinari, Il santuario sull' Acropoli di Gortina I, Monografie della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente, 1968.
Author:
M. K.


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