Hooves of a horse statue

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 574

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Sculpture

Period

Archaic Period

Date

Around 500 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.0825 m
Length: 0.236 m
Width: 0.203 m
Thickness: plinth 0.038 m

Material

Marble from Paros

Location

Not on display

Description
Bibliography

Fragment of a plinth preserving the hooves of a horse. They could belong to the hind legs of the horse Ακρ. 571.

According to some researchers the fragment comes from a sculptural composition that decorated the pediment of an Acropolis' building. To this same group belong the horse statue Ακρ. 697 with its fragments Ακρ. 572 and Ακρ. 573, Athena's statue Ακρ. 142, as well as the fragments of the kneeling youths Ακρ. 160 and Ακρ. 168.

Langlotz, E., Schuchhardt, W., Schrader, H., Die archaischen Marmorbildwerke der Akropolis, Frankfurt am Main, 1939, σελ. 292, εικ. 336, αρ. κατ. 416
Τριάντη, Ι., «Παρατηρήσεις σε δύο ομάδες γλυπτών του τέλους του 6ου αιώνα από την Ακρόπολη», στο W.D.E. Coulson κ.ά. (επιμ.), Archaeology of Athens and Attica under the Democracy, Oxford, 1994, σελ. 86-90