Plaster Cast of the Chrysapha relief in the Academic Art Museum Bonn (Inv. 1342)https://doi.org/10.60507/FK2/B7JAFTLang, Matthiasbonndata2024-11-072025-02-05T11:33:09ZThe plaster cast shows the relief from Chrysapha, whose original is located in the Antikensammlung Berlin (Inv. Sk 731) and is dated around 550/40 BC. It was found in Chrysapha, a small-town southeast of Sparta in Laconia, and is made of grey-bluish marble. The relief shows two gods, male and female, sitting on a throne with a high backrest and turned to the left side. The god is depicted in the foreground. Both arms are raised and stretched forward, the right hand is holding a huge kantharos. In the background the goddess is depicted in profile. Her left hand is raised holding a veil, while her right hand lies on her thigh with a pomegranate in her hand. Two worshippers, also male and female, are standing underneath the kantharos. The man is carrying a rooster and an egg, while the woman is carrying a flower and a pomegranate.Arts and HumanitiesEnglishC. Blümel, Die archaisch griechischen Skulpturen der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Berlin 1964) Kat. 16. Abb. 42-44. U. Hausmann, Griechische Weihreliefs (Berlin 1960) 24 f. Abb. 11.2022-02-17Günzel, Adriana2024-11-073D-ModelCC BY-NC-SA 4.0