Enthroned goddess of Taranto

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The enthroned goddess of Taranto in the previous exhibition in the Pergamon Museum.

The enthroned goddess of Taranto is a Greek marble statue from the second quarter of the 5th century BC. Chr., Which is in the Berlin antique collection (inventory number Sk 1761).

Workers found the 151 cm high statue in 1911 during excavation work in the southern Italian city of Taranto in a four-meter-deep pit in which it was hidden in ancient times. At the end of 1914, Theodor Wiegand was able to acquire it from the art dealer Jacob Hirsch for the Berlin museums . In 1925 another eight fragments were acquired that fit the goddess's throne. Since February 2011, the statue can be seen in the new installation of Greek art in the Berlin Collection of Antiquities in the Altes Museum am Lustgarten , previously it was part of the permanent exhibition of the Collection of Antiquities in the Pergamon Museum .

The goddess sits solemnly on a richly decorated throne with seat and back cushions. The feet, clad in sandals, rest on a high bench. The outstretched hands are missing and presumably were holding a fruit and an ointment vessel. Three different garments cover the body: a long chiton that reaches down to the feet, a sloping coat that is held together with six clasps over the right upper arm and a fine shawl that covers the back and parts of the arms. In the hair is a tiara with holes and slits for a lost metal ornament. The goddess wore a pendant on her earlobes, which was also made of metal.

The type of enthroned and the strict composition, which is mainly calculated for the front view, suggest that the Berlin statue is one of the few cult images of the early 5th century BC. Is preserved. When naming the figure one will primarily have thought of Persephone , Hera or Aphrodite . The goddess of Taranto was born soon after 480 BC. BC originated.

literature

  • Carl Blümel : The archaic Greek sculptures of the State Museums in Berlin . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1963, pp. 29–33 No. 21 Fig. 55–61.

Web links

Commons : Goddess of Taranto  - collection of images

Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '10 "  N , 13 ° 23' 54"  E