Ivory plaque showing the departure of a warrior, perhaps Amphiaraos.
Ionian, Archaic (ca. 570 BCE)
Delphi Museum, inv. 9918
From two repositories of precious materials found in 1939 beneath the Sacred Way in front of the Stoa of the Athenians, Delphi (the "Halos Deposit"). The items were buried in the mid 5th century BCE after the building in which they were kept was burned.
Tags: Delphi ivory museum Greece plaque applique furniture box greek 6th c. BCE 570s BCE 560s BCE Halos Deposit warrior Amphiaraos departure stoa Athenian relief chariot horse pleiades:findspot=540726 pleiades:origin=550597
Ivory faces and heads from chryselephantine statuettes.
The larger faces are ca. 9 cm in height, the smaller heads ca 5.5 cm.
Delphi Museum
From two repositories of precious materials found in 1939 beneath the Sacred Way in front of the Stoa of the Athenians, Delphi (the "Halos Deposit"). The items were buried in the mid 5th century BCE after the building in which they were kept was burned.
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Ivory plaque of a "Master of the Animals," perhaps Apollo.
Ionian, Archaic (650-600 BCE)
Delphi Museum
From two repositories of precious materials found in 1939 beneath the Sacred Way in front of the Stoa of the Athenians, Delphi (the "Halos Deposit"). The items were buried in the mid 5th century BCE after the building in which they were kept was burned.
Tags: Delphi ivory museum Greece master animals despotes theron deity hero Apollo Ionian Archaic 7th c. BCE pleiades:findspot=540726 pleiades:origin=550597 late 7th c. BCE
Ivory hands and feet from chryselephantine statuettes.
Archaic (6th cent. BCE)
Delphi Museum
From two repositories of precious materials found in 1939 beneath the Sacred Way in front of the Stoa of the Athenians, Delphi (the "Halos Deposit"). The items were buried in the mid 5th century BCE after the building in which they were kept was burned.
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Ivory plaque depicting the Argonauts Zetes and Calais, the sons of Boreas, chasing off the Harpies from the table of Phineus.
Corinthian, Archaic ca. 570 BCE
Delphi Museum, inv. 9944
From two repositories of precious materials found in 1939 beneath the Sacred Way in front of the Stoa of the Athenians, Delphi (the "Halos Deposit"). The items were buried in the mid 5th century BCE after the building in which they were kept was burned.
Tags: Delphi ivory museum Greece plaque applique furniture box greek corinthian archaic 6th c. BCE 570s BCE 560s BCE pleiades:findspot=540726 pleiades:origin=550597 BCE early 6th c. BCE