Head of a ram

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Inventory number

ΕΑΜ Χ 6676

Category

Decorative element

Period

Archaic Period

Date

550-525 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.05 m
Length: 0.045 m

Material

Bronze

Location

First Floor Case 20, Νο 8

Description
Bibliography

Almost intact ram head. The end of its right horn is missing. The head may belong to the rim decoration of a bronze lebes.

The animals’ head, slightly turned to the right, is naturalistically rendered. Near the left horn are discerned the letters of an inscription, – – –ΤΕΝ ΟΚΕΙΑΝ ΜΕ ⋮ ΤΑΘΕΝΑΙΑΙ ΑΝΕΘΕΚΕΝ, which reads “– – – me, the fast, dedicated to Athena”.

De Ridder, A., Bronzes Trouvés sur l' Acropole d'Athènes, Paris, 1896, σελ. 192, εικ. 170, αρ. κατ. 527
Lolling, H, Κατάλογος του εν Αθήναις Επιγραφικού Μουσείου, Αθήνα, 1899, σελ. 17, αρ. κατ. LXII
Inscriptiones Graecae Ι3 , αρ. κατ. 545
Fuchs, W., Floren, J., Die griechische Plastik, I: Die geometrische und archaische Plastik, München, 1987, σελ. 306 υποσημ. 49
Wagner, C., Dedication Practices on the Athenian Acropolis, 8th to 4th centuries B.C, University of Oxford, 1997, σελ. 160