Murray, A. S.; British Museum <London> [Hrsg.]: Greek and Etruscan terracotta sarcophagi in the British Museum (London, 1898)

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Murray, A. S.; British Museum <London> [Hrsg.]
Greek and Etruscan terracotta sarcophagi in the British Museum — London, 1898

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Sarcophagus from Clazomenae

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SARCOPHAGUS FROM CLAZOMEN^. … us an elaborate account of the work of the divine artificer, Hephsestos. From these … the sarcophagus from Clazomenae recently acquired by the British Museum. The … these two passages as taken from Polemo. … the Cimmerians from Asia Minor and invaded

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swords, and sweeping-across the field from one end to the other. It may be thought … the reliefs on our large terra-cotta sarcophagus from Caere one of the warriors is

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may be, it is clear from Strabo (xiv. 647) that the Magnesian disaster was a

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to indicate the tomb from which the race started, while the shield would be that of … Darius rise from his tomb at the offerings and hymns of Atossa and her friends.

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from some source other than the Iliad, and in any case it does not necessarily follow … away from the centre. Whatever the explanation of that figure may ultimately be, … a female. But on our well-known kylix from Naucratis,4 figures, otherwise identical

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These cannot all be " spirits from the vasty deep," even though the contest took place … sarcophagi from Clazomenae two types of helmet had been previously remarked on. The … which occur on our fragmentary vases from

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the same on one of our fragmentary vases from Defenneh.3 The cuirass is in use, as … this head-gear does not alone absolutely differentiate them from certain tribes which we … Pis. II.-III. These figures wear a close-fitting cap, which, from its being painted … from it to our disc would not be great. Perrot and

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a vase from Naucratis and a hydria from Civita

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seen from one point of view, and thus seem to indicate the head and the foot of the … Sphinxes on the pottery from Naucratis, and on objects in gold and ivory from the … 2 Compare the gold ornament from Cyprus in

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time, we have the Alexander sarcophagus from Sidon, and, as a variation, the Lycian … ^ -urur JjUP "nillMgEr - cealed from view when the cover was … From a technical point of view,

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clay, upon which the various mouldings were impressed, probably from wood moulds. … understand from men of the greatest practical experience that the firing had most … Last year, M. Salomon Reinach, in discussing the eighteen sarcophagi from Clazo-

Sarcophagus from Cameiros

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SARCOPHAGUS FROM CAMEIROS. … It is known that a series of gold ornaments acquired by the Museum in 1861 from … (b.c. 666-612). In addition to this express statement there is a letter from Mr. Vice- … the sun-god, with a nimbus round the head. These pendants are in quite a different style from the

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On the other hand, it appears from a consular note of Sir Charles Newton, of … lines. This class of vases we have never seen except from Italy, where they are … which he refers could be regarded as having come from older tombs, the vases of … we find that on the site called Papas Loures by Biliotti, the results derived from the … (6) Rosettes of pale gold. From these circumstances it is reasonable to conclude that the

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characteristic of this sarcophagus, has of late years attracted much attention from … both these methods (2 and 3) are combined on a sarcophagus from Clazomenae, which … may perhaps assume that it had been derived from painting on a large scale. In … from Naucratis in the Brit. Mus. (A. 957), which

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of painting derived from Asia Minor.1 … vase from Ialysos (of the Mycenae style), the figure is filled in with black, while the … is believed that this change was due to an impulse derived from the importation or … vases we have referred to from Cameiros,6 Naucratis,7 and Daphnae.8 In the … 3 Cuttle-fish from Ialysos in Furtwaengler and

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feature backward in point of time, we meet it again on the gold ornaments from Enkomi, … a doorway, and that this was meant for the portal of Hades is now evident from a … extended to the lower part of their legs, as in the vases referred to from Cameiros and … in question, and only differ from the vases in the more strictly heraldic grouping of the

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had been made from a reversed tracing. Apparently the result which we are now … comftendiaria, or short-cut, though possibly a very different compendiaria from that which

Sarcophagus from Caere

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SARCOPHAGUS FROM CAERE. … has been simply abstracted from one of those scenes of funeral banquets; but the … was derived from the older conception of a similar group in relief or in painting, we

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or potter's earth, from which the moisture would be extracted by a preliminary firing. … art, the bronze bust from the Polledrara tomb in the British Museum (b.c. 666-612), … cotta, in particular the difficulty of translating from relief into the round, we are … traditional lines. We see that it is a mask from the artificial rendering of the hair over

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a limited range of compositions. Its method of repeating figures and groups from … vases and other examples of artistic luxury, which had obviously been imported from

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artists who had settled there in exile from Corinth, among them being the father of … years ago. In the example from Delphi we see the goddess Cybele in the midst of a

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The sarcophagus was acquired in 1873 from Alessandro Castellani, who in turn had

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Plate 1

SARCOPHAGUS FROM CLAZOMENAE

Plate 2

SARCOPHAGUS FROM CLAZOMENAL

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SARCOPHAGUS FROM CLAZOMENAE

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