Classical
Dog and rabbit
Dog and rabbit the group of animals, which was set up as a votive in a sanctuary in Amathus, represents a greyhound in stretched posture that holds a fleeing rabbit on the back.In Cyprus, dogs in the cult of the fertility goddess Astarte-Aphrodite were of particular importance;The attitude and sacrifice of so -called temple dogs, probably a Phoenician custom, have been demonstrated for the sanctuary in Tamassos.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999 H. 8,2 cm, L. 20,7 cm
Date
500 - 400 BC
Accession No.
Antikensammlung, I 1611
Collection
Vienna Museum
Provenance
- Oestr.Museum Vienna;1890 Purchase of Max Ohnefalch-Richter;1940 takeover;1941 inventorized
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