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Thetis bringing Armor

Alternative Title
  • Figure
  • Terracotta 2170
Creator Display
  • unknown Hellenistic (artist)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • -0400/-0300
Description
  • Terracotta figure of Nereid sitting on the arching tail of a hippocamp that moves to viewer's right, she is holding a large Corinthian helmet in her arms, modeled in great detail. Orange clay, white coating, rose-madder on tail, red on hair of Nereid, blue on hippocamp's body. Thetis riding on a sea-horse, holding the helmet she will give to her son Achilles. --The British Museum
  • Burn, Lucilla; Higgins, Reynold; Walters, H B; Bailey, D M, Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1903
View
  • Front
Temporal
  • 4th century BCE
Coverage
  • Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece (creation)
Keyword
  • Thetis brings arms
  • Iliad II
  • Iliad Book 19
Work Type
Cultural Context
Style / Period
Material
  • terracotta
Measurements
  • Height: 9 cm
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon, Department of Classics
Identifier
  • Lowenstam_VRC_01099
Item Locator
  • Box 3, Section 9
Repository
Current Repository ID
  • 1907,0517.1
Local Collection Name
Institution
Submission Date
  • 08/03/2015
Modified
  • 07/25/2022
Collections

APA

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. (20 Apr 2024). Thetis bringing Armor Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693478d

MLA

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Chicago

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "Thetis bringing Armor" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693478d

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 unknown http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/unknown
2 Lowenstam, Steven http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82014350
3 figures (representations) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300189808
4 Attic (culture) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300386850
5 Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300020118
6 Early Hellenistic http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263445
7 British Museum http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500125180
8 Steven Lowenstam Collection http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/StevenLowenstamCollection
9 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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