Tomb of the mule cart
The grave of the mule cart is a woman's grave from the Andriuolo necropolis near Paestum (grave no. 89). It dates from around 330 to 320 BC. Its remains are in the National Archaeological Museum of Paestum ; the gable plate bearing the eponymous picture has the inventory number 22305. A similar picture with a team of mules was also found in Andriuolo's grave no.
The picture, after which the grave was named, is in the image field of the 139 cm high and 97 cm wide plate, which formed one of the narrow sides of the chamber grave. The gable field , which shows a palmette motif between volutes , is separated from the picture field by a tongue pattern over a red cross line and a poorly preserved double ornament . To the left, over the heads of the draft animals, a red band with laces hangs down. In the center of the picture is a cart pulled by two mules with a box-like attachment. Two wheels of this vehicle, which have a spoke like one of the carriages on the tomb paintings in the tomb of the colorful rooster , are depicted one behind the other, suggesting a two-axle vehicle. However, this results in the perspective problem that two of the rear legs of the draft animals cover parts of this wheel, that is, they are actually not in front of, but to the left of, the car moving to the left. The mules step forward with bowed heads. They are drawn with safe outlines like the horses in front of the quadriga from the grave of the piebald and colored with brownish paint; Mouths and hooves remain white, the standing manes and some internal drawings are black. Structures can be seen on the hind legs that are reminiscent of zebra crossings ; In front of the croup of the animal on the left, a broader, darker brushstroke runs down, with which it is unclear whether it should be part of the coat or the harness, which is otherwise depicted in reddish color. The brown and red colored car drives on a gray-green floor line; the inmate wears a robe indicated by broad reddish brushstrokes. It seems oversized and looks in the direction of travel. According to Bernard Andreae , this is the dead woman who started her journey to the hereafter unaccompanied and who drives the car herself.
The second gable slab is poorly preserved; her picture shows the laying out of the dead. On one of the longitudinal panels, scenes from the funeral procession or the funeral games can be seen; on the left there is a woman in a red robe and a man leaning against a pillar, on the right a fast-moving quadriga. A side table can be seen on the other long plate.
Grave goods
The women's grave was provided with numerous grave goods. Among them was a 50 cm high red-figure hydria by the painter from Naples in 1778 . Among other things, it shows a hermaphrodite between two women. There were also two Lebetes Gamikoi by this painter in the grave, both again with the motif of the hermaphrodite. The painting on a lekythus , which is not completely preserved, also comes from the painter of Naples in 1778 and shows a half-naked woman sitting on a tendril, as well as the red-figure painting on a ring guttus , which also shows a half-naked woman on a tendril. A 17 cm high lekanis with a lid was painted by the CA painter . On top of it are three women with various attributes such as wreath, eggs, tänie , sistrum and paterai . Other smaller vessels complemented the furnishings of this grave.
literature
- Bernard Andreae et al. a .: painting for eternity. The tombs of Paestum. Exhibition at Bucerius Kunst Forum Hamburg, October 13, 2007 to January 20, 2008. Hirmer, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7774-3745-3 , pp. 134-139.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernard Andreae fluctuates in his description of the picture between the terms “mule” and “mule” without explaining this.