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Roman Period Artefacts : Roman Period Terracotta Sculpture of a Horse
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Roman Period Terracotta Sculpture of a Horse - P.0457
Origin: Samaria, Israel
Circa: 100
AD
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
4.5" (11.4cm) high
x 4.875" (12.4cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
£4,000.00
Location: UAE
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Almost all the great civilizations of antiquity
prized the horse for its usefulness and its
nobility. The pharaohs of Egypt, the kings of
Persia, Alexander of Macedon, and the emperors
of Rome all depict themselves riding in triumph
on horses or in chariots. The horse was the
favorite animal of Poseidon, god of the sea. This
clay version seems somehow more ordinary, a
horse of the everyday world, yet no less
charming for it. When Rome was at her height,
he perhaps contained a votive gift, left to please
some long forgotten deity.
- (P.0457)
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