1.3.02026-06-14sculpture, figur, skulpturRådata3205233objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3205233Me. 0814Athena mounting a chariot drawn by four horses. Horses have long and narrow bodies and small heads without manes. The horses are bound together by a yoke on their backs; the outer horses have a girth. All horses have two narrow breast-bands, the lower ones with a small tuft. Each horse is held separately by one rein, which divides just below the neck on either side of the head; the reins are fixed to a nose-band and cheek-piece. There are two breaks on the chariot, probably these two parts joined one pole, which ran up between the inner horses. The body of the chariot is small and has rounded corners decorated with palmettes. Athena is just mounting the chariot, reins in her right hand. Perhaps she held a spear in her left hand. She is wearing a Corinthian helmet, aegis with incised scale-pattern below which two snakes are hanging down over her stomach, obliquely folded full-length tunic, and sandals.Me. 0814, SCE 1930., Style II B (?), see SCE III, 388. Flisa 1., Put together from many pieces. Very restored. Right, inner horse is totally reconstructed. Wheels and lower part of chariot missing., H. of Athena 36.0. H. of horses c. 35.0., Long term deposit at Årjängs Travmuseum, back in 2008., - Karageorghis et al., 2003, no. 257. - SCE III, 364f, 388, 395, 397, pl CXLVI:1-2. - Karageorghis 1977a, 168. - Sophocleous 1982, 225f, pl XXXVIII:4. - Sophocleous 1984, 240. - Sophocleous 1985, 159, pl XXXVIII., Sanctuary. Square J 18. Level 42.8., Function: Statuette of Athena wearing the aegis and a Corinthian helmet, mounting a chariot drawn by four horses. Horses are naturalistically rendered, but heavily restored. Chariot wheels not preserved. The composition was mounted on a platform, which is not preserved. Acquisition: Excavated at Mersinaki in north-western Cyprus by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition (1927-1931). Acquired by the Cyprus Collections, subsequently the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm in 1931 when the finds from Cyprus were brought to Sweden and the museum set up. Why this is a masterpiece This is a unique composition in the Coroplastic Art of the period. The cult of Athena was widespread in Cyprus during the fifth century BC and this object is indicative of the strong cultural ties with Greece. History of the Object Excavated in the sacred area of Mersinaki, located half way between Soloi and Vouni near the north coast of Cyprus. (Virtual Collection of Masterpieces, http://masterpieces.asemus.museum/Default.aspx), https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/statuette-unknown/GAFKvDJWU3_5Ug, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_goddess_Athena_mounted_on_a_chariot_drawn_by_four_horses.tif, Cypern genom tiderna, Cyprus, Cypern genom tiderna - Showcase 10:10., Vagnsgrupp. Grupp med Athena och fyra hästar, terrakotta och gips. 400-tal f. Kr. Detalj., Cypern, Gjerstad, Einar (red.) (1937). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 3, Medelhavsmuseet (2003). The Cyprus collections in the MedelhavsmuseetBrukadStyle II:B. [?], C.A. II-C.C. I. (600-400 BC)FunnenEuropa, Cypern, Mersinakiimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3607892/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3607891/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byKaneberg, OveStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907182http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907183http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907184http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907185http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907186http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907187http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907188http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3907189http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3908216http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3908217http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914614http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914615http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3927296http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3927297http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3927300http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/5162959http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3953672http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953713https://kulturnav.org/16157368-3e27-43f9-9e5b-94f195e5345ehttp://libris.kb.se/bib/1169938http://libris.kb.se/bib/9024413https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/statuette-unknown/GAFKvDJWU3_5Ughttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_goddess_Athena_mounted_on_a_chariot_drawn_by_four_horses.tifhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3205233http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3205233http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3205233