Relief of Hero rider
Γ360
White marble
Intact. Minor chipping and worn surface on body of horse. Vertical crack
Length: 51 cm. Height: 41 cm.
Unknown
Roman period:
1st-2nd c. AD:
Gallery:
XXVIICase:
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Sculpture. Hellenistic period (3rd-2nd c. BC) Roman period (1st c. BC-3rd c. AD)Description
Small marble plaque with high frame and relief scene of a Hero rider in short tunic, cloak and tall-crested helmet moving left. In front of him a standing worshipper, tightly wrapped in his himation, raises his right hand in a reverent salute.Bibliography:
N. Platon, A Guide to the Archaeological Museum of Heraclion, Athens 1964, 161 (as a funerary monument). S. Alexiou, Οδηγός Αρχαιολογικού Μoυσείου Ηρακλείου, Athens 1968,136. K.Sporn, Heiligtümer und Kulte Kretas in klassischer und hellenistischer Zeit, Heidelberg 2002, 341, n. 2531 (erroneous provenance and inv. no.). K. Sporn, "Römische Grabreliefs auf Kreta. Alte Traditionen und neue Wege", in Th. Stefanidou-Tiveriou - P. Karanastasi - D. Damaskos (eds), Κλασική παράδοση και νεωτερικά στοιχεία στην πλαστική της ρωμαϊκής Ελλάδας. Πρακτικά Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου, Θεσσαλονίκη, 7-9 Μαΐου 2009 (Thessaloniki 2012), 454 (on funerary monuments with horsemen in Crete).Author:
K. S.Photographs' metadata