Boeotian Horse Figurine
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Feb 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Smithsonian Institution
notes: label: Notes
content: Painted white lines in neck. Broken tail. Catalog card says "Purchased from C. Dikran Kelekian, NY"
label: Notes
content: Horse and rider figures were popular grave offerings in sixth-century Boeotia. It is likely that the possession of a real horse was a mark of social and even political status. Laying a model in the grave might show the mourners' respect for the position the dead person had held in society. Similar figures have also been found in sanctuaries. This terracotta horse and rider might have been offered a god as a representative of the dedicator, thanking the god or requesting a favour. (The British Museum. Hall of Greek and Roman Art. URL: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk.) (Smith, Arthur H. A Guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum. The Trustees of the British Museum, 1908, pg. 106, pl. XVII)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Boeotia, Greece, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Greek, Geometric Period
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 260207
label: USNM Number
content: A440202-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 9.53 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.17 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 10.79 cm