Metal sheet in the form of a rooster

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Inventory number

ΕΑΜ Χ 6646

Category

Bronzes

Period

Archaic Period

Date

End of 6th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.07 m

Material

Bronze

Location

First Floor Case 20, Νο 19

Description
Bibliography

Intact rooster made of metal sheet. The bird is turned to the viewer’s right and its body and plumage details are incised. Its conjoined legs rise from a trapezoid base, likely to have facilitated the inlaying of the sheet into a separate surface.

The rooster is closely linked to Athena. Its combativeness directs to the goddess’ war aspect, whereas the fact that the cock is one of the oldest domesticated fowls makes apparent its connection to Athena Ergane protectress of crafts and labour work. Down to the end of the 5th century BC the main side of the Panathenaic amphorae shows cocks on columns that frame Athena Promachos.

Bather, A.G., «The Bronze Fragments of the Acropolis», Journal of Hellenic Studies 13, 1892/93, σελ. 241
De Ridder, A., Bronzes Trouvés sur l' Acropole d'Athènes, Paris, 1896, σελ. 126, εικ. 78, αρ. κατ. 379
Di Stefano, C.A., Bronzetti figurati del Museo nazionale di Palermo, Studi e Materiali Istituto di archaeologia Università di Palermo Roma, 1975, σελ. 118
Παντερμαλής, Δ., Ελευθεράτου, Σ., Βλασσοπούλου, Χ., Μουσείο Ακρόπολης. Οδηγός, Αθήνα, 2016, σελ. 162, 164-165, εικ. 192