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Attic funerary relief (NAMA 4464)

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missing, the only substantial damage to the piece. Its left foreleg is raised and bent, the right is stretched out and planted firmly in the ground. The hind legs reinforce the horse's position, the left hind leg is in very low relief, only barely extending out of the surface. On the horse's back is a panther pelt, which is attached around its front. At the front, to its left, stands a stable boy who reaches up to strike the horse with a whip, as the pained posture of the horse's head makes clear. The boy wears a
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relief consists of two plates and there must have been a third piece on the left hand side, containing at least the tail of the horse. The central figure of the relief is a horse moving to the right, with its head pulled upwards away from the right edge of the relief. A portion of the horses nose is
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from the fourth century BC. In addition to this example, the 2-metre-high (6.6 ft), 1.9-metre-wide (6.2 ft) relief found in 1948 near the Larisa metro-station must date to near the end of the fourth century BC. Other datings assign the relief to the first century BC. If one takes the
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earlier dating it is assumed that the relief belonged to a large grave
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Full side view of the surviving portion of the funerary relief
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Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens
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National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Pentelic marble
slave
Ethiopia
Greek art
naiskos
Mithridates VI Eupator
Pontus
Nikolaos Kaltsas
Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens
ISBN
0-89236-686-9
Relief mit Pferd und schwarzem Jüngling
Arachne
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National Archaeological Museum
Athens
Neolithic
Karditsa Thinker

Cycladic
Frying pan 1
Frying pan 2
Spool-shaped pyxis
Minoan
Akrotiri Boxer Fresco

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