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plate
Object Type
plate
Museum number
1860,0404.1
Description
Pottery plate showing Menelaos and Hector fighting over the body of Euphorbos. The letter forms are Argive.
Cultures/periods
East Dorian
Archaic Greek
Production date
600BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Kos
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kamiros
Materials
pottery
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
39.37 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Attula 2006 / Archaic Greek Plates from the Apollo Sanctuary at Emecik, Knidia
(p.86 fig.5, No.8)
Location
On display
(G13/dc6)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2010, 1 May-31Oct, Shanghai, Shanghai Museum, Expo 2010 2014-2015, 13 Nov-13 Feb, Paris, Musee du Louvre, Rhodos: a Gate from and to the Eastern Mediterranean 2019-2020 21 Nov-8 Mar, London, BM, SEG, Troy
Subjects
single combat
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Menelaus
Representation of:
Hector
Representation of:
Euphorbos
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Auguste Salzmann
Purchased from:
Sir Alfred Biliotti
Acquisition date
1860
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1860,0404.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 25 Jan 2010