Funeral grave

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The grave of funeral games is a male grave from the third quarter of the fourth century BC. His remains are in the National Archaeological Museum in Paestum . The best preserved long side has inventory number 5009.

description

The paintings on the grave slabs follow a familiar pattern. On the east plate the returning warrior is depicted, on the west plate a deer hunt and on the south plate a chariot race with two teams. But only the slab from the north side of the grave is well preserved. It measures 90 × 219 cm and shows two battle scenes. On the left half of the panel, two boxers fight against each other, their bodies gaining plasticity thanks to the wash stripes on the inside of the outline. Like the boxers, the lance fighters in the right picture of this plate have blood flowing from their injuries. The left lance fighter covers his upper body with a round shield and aims at the head of his opponent. In relation to the two battle scenes, the red bands, which hang down in an M-shape, are shown oversized. One is to the left of the boxing fight scene, the other between the boxing and lance fighting scene. Oversized pomegranates can also be seen between the figures, symbolizing fertility and survival.

Grave goods

A 25.5 cm high, Attic - red-figure oinochoe of Aphrodite Painter from the Asteas Python workshop was given to the dead as grave goods. It shows a woman in a chiton running to the right , followed by a naked young man , after whom she looks back. He carries an egg plate in his left hand. The background of the picture is decorated with leafy branches with ivy leaves and flowers, and there is a window between the heads of the two figures. The neck of the oinochoe is adorned with an ionic kymation , under the image zone a recessed wavy band running to the left can be seen. The oinochoe bears inventory number 5401 in the museum in Paestum.

literature

  • Bernard Andreae et al. a .: painting for eternity. The tombs of Paestum. Exhibition Bucerius Kunst Forum Hamburg, October 13, 2007 to January 20, 2008. Hirmer, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7774-3745-3 , pp. 120 f.