TAR0536

Identifiant

TAR0536

MGU313R

Datation

400 av. J.-C. – 300 av. J.-C.

Site (nom actuel)

Taranto

Lieu de conservation

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

Inventaire

1996.305

État de conservation

Incomplet

Commentaire sur la conservation

Peu usé. Bon état. Incomplet.

Conditions d’acquisition

Purchase, Mrs. Sandy Brue Gift, 1996. From 1950s or 60s, private collection, England; [until 1996, with Robin Symes Ltd., London]; acquired in 1996, purchased from Robin Symes.

Nature du marqueur

Naiskos

Marqueur

Commentaire sur la nature

Fragment de frise

Qualificatif

architectural

Matériau

Pierre

Commentaire sur le matériau

Pierre tendre

Dimensions (Hauteur, largeur, épaisseur)

33 x 45.1 x 8.3 cm

Technique de manufacture

Bas relief

Commentaire sur la manufacture

Décor sculpté

Motifs iconographiques

Hadès

siège

chlamyde

barbe

Perséphone

péplos

Hermès

femme

Orphée

grotte

pétase

Commentaire sur les représentations

"The large fragment, framed on three sides, is the right end of an oblong relief. Shows two figures standing in a frontal position at a cavelike opening which is set against the outer edge of the panel. A woman dressed in a chiton, with her himation pulled over her head and around her waist, stands quietly near the cave extending her right hand to a tall nude male figure with a cloak slung over his shoulder and a round form behind his shoulder which may represent a petasos tied around his neck. The man reaches with his right arm toward whatever was represented next to him on the right and apparently extended his other arm to hold the woman's hand. A ribbon-like form appears to flutter near his right arm and above it the remains of a rounded shape can be seen close to the upper rim of the relief. Since such reliefs are known to come from funerary monuments it is tempting to see the cave as an entrance to the Underworld. The nude figure may well have been Hermes, conductor of souls to Hades. The god is often shown wearing a wide-brimmed traveling hat, holding a deceased person by the hand." (site du Met Museum)

Sépulture individuelle

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Traitement du corps

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Présence de mobilier

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Bibliographie

Metropolitan Museum of New York