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Horses bridles; red; delicately incised decoration. Carl Roebuck, Nb. No. 7.
Well A. 279 ... 3 May 1938 ... Horses bridles; red; delicately incised decoration. |
Upper left corner of mold for a rectangular relief plaque preserved, with parts of three horses.
Of first and second, head, forepart and upper part of leg, of the third, only front part of head. Details ... 2 March 1938 ... Details of bridles, reins and traces indicated.
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Small fragment from upper part of pot wall, preserving the head and part of the shoulders of a man facing left, behind horses, right. The crests and noses only of the horses preserved. Red on the horses' ... August-September 1932 ... Red on the horses' bridles and on the man's garment(?). |
| Mended from nine pieces; small portions missing from rim in two places. Incision for interior marking of horses including bridles; white for manes and long tails. Glazed rim slightly concave but not distinctly ... June 1932 ... Incision for interior marking of horses including bridles; white for manes and long tails. |
| Fragment from wall to shoulder; a single mastos preserved above. The mastos is reserved. Egg and dart band below scene.
Much of the forequarters and the heads of four horses, stepping right, remain ... 12-15 April 1939 ... Thick clay for bosses on horses' collars and bridles, and for the reins; traces of gold leaf on several of the bosses. |
| Mended from many pieces; none of edge of base preserved and most of back, with handle, missing. The right edge of the figured panel remains, but not the left. Band of dotted zigzags at base of neck; row ... August-September 1932 ... White for top of cornucopoia, ornaments on horses' bridles and fruit of vines in field. |
| Camp, J ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This concise and beautifully illustrated book demonstrates the many roles played by the horse in the lives of the Greeks, from its place in myth and early history to its significance as a marker of social ... 1998 ... From their arrival in Greece, at the start of the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000 B.C.), horses were a powerful symbol of rank. Bridles and other horse trappings are often found in graves, alongside vases depicting horses grazing, racing, and parading. |
| Most of the neck and handle and shoulder preserved, mended from several pieces. Two mastoi (one chipped) on shoulder curve at front. Very light moulded ridge at junction of neck and shoulder.
Reserved: ... 12-15 April 1939 ... Technique: relief contour for the helmet proper; white for a few strokes on the crest; for the palmette heart; for overpainting on the mastoi, and for two bosses on the bridles, these washed with pink. |
| Agora. Boundary stone. Temple of Ares. Great Drain. The Herms. Temple of Athena Nike. Middle Stoa. Sanctuary possibly of Hekate. Temple of Dionysos. South Stoa II. Themistoklean Wall. Southeast Building ... Agora 11 179 G 5:3 ... Bridles |
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