Statuette of hoplite (Berlin Antiquities Collection Misc. 7470) explained

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Statuette of hoplite (Berlin antiquities collection Misc. 7470)
Catalogue:	Misc. 7470
Year:	540/30 BC
Height Metric:	12,8
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Berlin
Museum:	Berlin antiquities collection, Altes Museum

The statuette of hoplite found at Dodona (Berlin antiquities collection, Misc. 7470, Antikensammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Misc. 7470) is an archaeological find which was purchased in 1880 and is hosted today in Berlin at the Altes Museum^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Description

On a thin, elongated base stands a hoplite warrior in an offensive stance, armed with helmet, chest armour and greaves. In the left he is holding a Boeotian shield, while with his right he is brandishing a spear. The spear is lost, but the hole in the hand determines the original direction. The whole performance is vibrant and lively. The look of the bearded warrior above the shield is targeting an enemy. The muscles of the body are excellently curved and his posture shows that he is ready for a direct attack. The warrior wears a tunic through the chest resulting in triangled tuck. The rest of the body is naked, and he does not wear sandals. On his right cheek appears a thick tress peeping from inside the helmet, and reaching down to his chest.^[6]

This bronze, which was a statuette at the edge of a boiler, originating at the late sixth century BC (near 500 BC), shows significant differences from earlier similar statuettes and is characterized as a masterpiece, showing the transformation from the previously used bound step position to the free striding, characterizing a new generation of sculptors

Further reading

There are several sources for further reading on this bronze hoplite statuette found in Dodona:^{[1] [7] [8]}

• Kekulé (1909): Bronzen aus Dodona in den koniglichen museen zu Berlin : herausgegeben von Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz und Hermann Winnefeld, (Berlin 1909)
• K. A. Neugebauer (de-Wiki) (1923): Griechische Bronzen. (Meisterwerke in Berlin.) Berlin, 1923, p. 408f
• K.A. Neugebauer, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Katalog der statuarischen Bronzen im Antiquarium I. Die minoischen und Archaisch Griechischen Bronzen (1931), Nr. 181 Taf. 29
• K. A. Neugebauer (1951): Die griechischen Bronzen der klassischen Zeit und des Hellenismus, (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Katalog der statuarischen Bronzen im Antiquarium, Vol. II.) K. A. Neugebauer, edited by Carl Bluemel, Berlin, Akademie-Verlag (1951), 56ff, Nr. 46, Taf. 25
• Parke (1967): Herbert William Parke, The Oracles of Zeus. Dodona, Olympia, Ammon (Oxford 1967), 275, Nr. 9
• Fuehrer (1968): U. Gehrig - A. Greifenhagen - N. Kunisch, Führer durch die Antikenabteilung Berlin 1968, 152
• Ιουλία Βοκοτοπούλου (Julia Vokotopoulou) (1975): Χαλκαί Κορινθιουργείς Πρόχοι, συμβολή εις την μελέτην της αρχαίας ελληνικής χαλκουργίας, Βιβλιοθήκη της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας; τ. 82, Αρχαιολογική εταιρεία, ISSN 1105-7785,(1975),, 157. Abb. 1.
• Antikenmuseum Berlin: die ausgestellten Werke, Wolf-Dieter Heilmeyer; Luca Giuliani; Gertrud Platz-Horster; Gerhard Zimmer; Berlin : Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1988, 75, Nr.7
• Thomas 1992: Griechische Bronzestatuetten, Renate Thomas, Darmstadt, 1992, 71f, Abb.57
• Die Antikensammlung: Altes Museum Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Antikensammlung, Editors Brigitte Knittlmayer, Wolf-Dieter Heilmeyer, Ed. 2, Ph. von Zabern, 1998,, 9783805324496, 17 Nr. 6
• Ziegenbock aus Dodona, Berlin-Charlottenburg 10584

References

1. http://viamus.uni-goettingen.de/fr/mmdb/d/singleItemView?pos=0&Inventarnummer=A%20721 Bronzestatuette eines kämpfenden Hopliten, Berlin, Antikenabteilung, Misc. 7470
2. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/71/71131/tde-15052007-102701/publico/tdePatriciaPontin.pdf Escudo Beócio, Hoplita com panóplia completa. Figura de bronze de Dodona, c. 510 a.C. (Museen zu Berlin, misc. 7470)
3. http://home.lu.lv/~harijs/Macibu%20materiali%20,teksti/Gramatas%20Seno%20Laiku%20Vesture%20%28%20Elektroniski%20%29/Sabin,%20P.%20%28ed.%29%20The%20Cambridge%20History%20of%20Greek%20and%20Roman%20Warfare.%20Greece,%20the%20Hellenistic%20World%20and%20Rise%20of%20Rome.Vol.I.2007.pdf ... hoplites in combat represented by a statuette from Dodona, 500 bc. Berlin, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Misc.7470)
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=_L4R9lCOwg0C&dq=%28Dodona+OR+Dodoni%29+AND+7470&pg=PA62 Dodona Statuette, Berlin Misc. 7470
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=90N6G-y0TCgC&dq=%28Dodona+OR+Dodoni%29+AND+7470&pg=PA103 Berlin Antikenmuseum, Br. 7470
6. https://archive.org/stream/archaologischez40deut#page/n19/mode/2up Α. Bronzestautette des Berliner Museums.Archäologische Zeitung (1883), Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
7. Martina Dieterle, Dodona, Volume 116 of Spudasmata, Studien zur klassischen Philologie und ihren Grenzgebieten, Publisher: G.Olms, 2007,, 9783487135106 https://books.google.com/books?id=PiwbAAAAYAAJ&q=Misc.+7470
8. E. Walter-Karydi 1981, "Bronzen aus Dodona. eine Epirotische Erzbildnerschule" Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 23 (1981), pp. 30-31