Period:Unknown
Materials:clay
Technique:
Subjects:bird classical mythology
Dimensions:Height: 3.40 centimetres Width: 3.20 centimetres
Description:
Sealing made of grey clay. The motif shown here is the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus in the form of an eagle.
IMG
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Comments:Stein, Serindia, p. 1260, pl. V: Objects excavated at Farhad-beg-yailaki. “F.VII.002. Clay sealing, sq., with impression of oval gem. On a straight base line, Ganymede and eagle. To L. on a rocky mass, fig. seated R. seen in profile. Head small with short hair, neck slender; body leans back in easy attitude, ans was prob. supported by L. elbow. R. leg stretched out before body, knee slightly bent, foot flat on ground. L. knee raised higher and more sharply bent. R. arm bent at elbow, hand extended horizontally over knees, holding a phiale(?). To R., eagle, in profile L., stands upright; the L. leg straight with claws on the ground; the R. slightly advanced and bent at knee; talon raised sharply and resting in the hand (or phiale) or seated fig. L. wing half open. Condition: Of the human fig. the R. shoulder and upper arm are broken away; all the rest is decipherable, but only R. thigh to ankle, standing in very high relief, is well preserved. Of eagle, breast, thighs, R. talon, part of L. wing and tail are preserved, breast and L. thigh in very high relief. Composition and execution of very fine quality; good Hellenistic workmanship. The bodily proportions of seated fig. suggest Hebe, but the subject is almost certainly a somewhat androgynous Ganymede. Ganymede seated thus on rocks and feeding the eagle is not uncommonly represented on gems, and also appears on coins of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus struck at Ilion (L.C. Woolley). Clay sealing 1 ½ inch sq.; impression 1 x ¾ inch. Pl.V.”
Materials:clay
Technique:
Subjects:bird classical mythology
Dimensions:Height: 3.40 centimetres Width: 3.20 centimetres
Description:
Sealing made of grey clay. The motif shown here is the abduction of Ganymede by Zeus in the form of an eagle.
IMG
Comments:Stein, Serindia, p. 1260, pl. V: Objects excavated at Farhad-beg-yailaki. “F.VII.002. Clay sealing, sq., with impression of oval gem. On a straight base line, Ganymede and eagle. To L. on a rocky mass, fig. seated R. seen in profile. Head small with short hair, neck slender; body leans back in easy attitude, ans was prob. supported by L. elbow. R. leg stretched out before body, knee slightly bent, foot flat on ground. L. knee raised higher and more sharply bent. R. arm bent at elbow, hand extended horizontally over knees, holding a phiale(?). To R., eagle, in profile L., stands upright; the L. leg straight with claws on the ground; the R. slightly advanced and bent at knee; talon raised sharply and resting in the hand (or phiale) or seated fig. L. wing half open. Condition: Of the human fig. the R. shoulder and upper arm are broken away; all the rest is decipherable, but only R. thigh to ankle, standing in very high relief, is well preserved. Of eagle, breast, thighs, R. talon, part of L. wing and tail are preserved, breast and L. thigh in very high relief. Composition and execution of very fine quality; good Hellenistic workmanship. The bodily proportions of seated fig. suggest Hebe, but the subject is almost certainly a somewhat androgynous Ganymede. Ganymede seated thus on rocks and feeding the eagle is not uncommonly represented on gems, and also appears on coins of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus struck at Ilion (L.C. Woolley). Clay sealing 1 ½ inch sq.; impression 1 x ¾ inch. Pl.V.”
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