Nereid Monument, lesser podium frieze
- Title:
- Nereid Monument, lesser podium frieze
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
ca. 390-380 BCE
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Xanthos, Turkey (discovery site) (original)
- Location:
- Goldwin Smith Hall, former Temple of Zeus space
previously, Warehouse
Xanthos, Turkey (discovery site) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0200
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 84
58759 incised on front
Goldwin Smith Hall basement16 (black marker in back)
200 - File Name:
- CCC_0200.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 144 (W) cm
- Culture:
- Lycian
- Style/Period:
- Greek Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture in relief (original) - Subject:
- Sepulchral Monuments
Xanthos (Ancient city)
Ancient warfare - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 60.5 x 143 x 5 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a well-preserved cast of a heavily damaged slab from the lesser podium frieze of the Nereid Monument at Xanthos, a tomb built for the Lycian ruler Erbinna, showing several soldiers in combat. The top and bottom of the slab are missing in the original, and so primarily only the torsos of figures are preserved. At the left (viewer's) side of the slab a soldier moves swiftly towards the right. He holds a shield along his left side, wears a belted garment and chlamys, and is shown almost frontally. A soldier in an anatomical cuirass and crested helmet is depicted next. His torso is posed frontally and his right arm, in which he probably held a weapon, is held back. The helmet of what is likely a fallen soldier is visible at his thigh. He stands opposed to and clashes shields in combat with another soldier, who is shown from behind and whose right arm is also held back. The next figure is very heavily damaged, but a downed figure to the right, preserved only in head and arm, reaches up to him. At the right edge of the slab a soldier in body armor and holding a shield along his left side is shown in three-quarter view. He faces and leans in to the left. His right arm is raised.
British Museum 867
Childs: 2nd frieze, north, second from left. - Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 1848,1020.58 - Bibliography:
- Ian Jenkins, Greek Architecture and its Sculpture (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006), 186-202
William A. P. Childs and Pierre Demargne, Fouilles de Xanthos, vol. 8, Le Monument des Néréids, Le décor scuplté (Paris: Éditions Klincksieck, 1989)
W. R. Lethaby, "‘The Nereid Monument Re-Examined," JHS 35 (1915), 208-24
A. H. A. Smith, A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, vol. 2 (London, 1900) - Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
London, British Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.