Boeotian Horse and Rider
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Hirshhorn
label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION OF "10TH - 8TH CENT BC CYPRIOTE" PROVIDED BY HMSG. CLAY HORSE WITH RIDER. BLACK AND RED DESIGNS. HEAD OF HORSE IS SEPARATE PIECE (broken off).
label: Notes
content: Horse Figure, Boeotian, Mid-6th Cent. BC. 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: 10 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Boeotia, Greece, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Boeotian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553059-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 17.14 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 8 cm