Heraklion Archaeological Museum - CollectiveAccess System : Bronze objects : Bronze torso of male figurine [Χ3698]

Bronze torso of male figurine

Χ3698

Metal (Bronze)

Incomplete

Height: 5.4 cm.

Syme

Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite

Early Archaic period:

c. 650 BC:

Gallery:

XVII

Case:

165

Exhibition thematic unit:

Geometric - Archaic - Classical period (10th - 4th c. BC). The Sanctuaries. From Minoan cult to the amalgamation of religious beliefs

Sanctuaries

Description

Bronze kouros-type male figurine, carefully and skilfully made. Only the upper body, parts of the arms and the head survive. At the lower end of the body is visible part of the belt worn by the figure. Although made in Crete, probably by local artisans, this fragmentary figurine combines Ionic and Egyptian elements. The kouros type reflects the ideal of decorum which, together with valour, formed the two basic principles of the education of Cretan youths in the Archaic period.

Bibliography:

Lebessi Α., “ Ιερόν Ερμού και Αφροδίτης εις Σύμην Βιάννου”, Πρακτικά της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρίας 1973, 190-191. Verlinden, C. Les statuettes anthropomorphes crétoises en bronze et plomb, du IIIe millénaire au VII siècle av J-C., Louvain-la-Neuve, 1984, 224. Lebessi Α., Το ιερό του Ερμή και της Αφροδίτης στη Σύμη Βιάννου III. Τα χάλκινα ανθρωπόμορφα ειδώλια, Athens, 2002, 22-23, 113-123, 240-244, 275-281.

Author:

S. P.

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