Agora Object: T 186
Inventory Number:   T 186
Section Number:   ΣΤ 495
Title:   Horses with Driver Figurine
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Πήλινο ομοίωμα τέθριππου με ηνίοχο
Category:   Terracotta
Description:   Four horses with driver figurine.
Forelegs missing; mended from many fragments.
The driver leans against the long hind legs of the central horses and rests his hands on their backs. The driver stands on a narrow bar against the hind legs of the horses, on the neck of which are blue lines on the inner horses. Blue, red and white stripes across horses and man alike.
Ash buff clay.
Cf. Pfuhl (1923), I, fig. 58, for MacMillan lekythos, which has stenographic representation of a chariot. See also JdI 14 (1899), p. 122, fig. 26, for similar pieces found in Eleusis, on Athenian Akropolis and at Menidi. Another piece in the Munich Pinakothek (no. 5602).
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Πήλινο ομοίωμα τεθρίππου με ηνίοχο. Αποτελείται από αρκετά συνενούμενα τμήματα. Ο ηνίοχος στηρίζεται επάνω σε λεπτή βάση, απλώνοντας τα χέρια του στις πλάτες των δύο κεντρικών ίππων. Διακρίνονται ερυθρές, λευκές και κυανές διακοσμητικές ταινίες.
Context:   Upper Geometric layer.
Negatives:   Leica, color slide, 2-124, 3-48, 81-389
PD Number:   Ptg. 260
Dimensions:   Rest. H. 0.113; W. 0.054
Date:   31 March 1932
Section:   ΣΤ
Grid:   ΣΤ:44-45/ΚΑ-ΚΒ
Deposit:   H 17:4
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Hesperia 87 (2018), p. 638, n. 17, fig. 4; table 2, p. 644.
    AgoraPicBk 3 (1959), no. 11.
    Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 615-616, fig. 82, no. 299.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:Pfuhl (1923), I, fig. 58.
    Agora:Object:JdI 14 (1899), p. 122, fig. 26.
References:   Publication: AgoraPicBk 3 (1959)
Publication: Hesperia 2 (1933)
Publication: Hesperia 87 (2018)
Drawing: DA 6729
Images (21)
Deposit: H 17:4
Card: T 186