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Dog and rabbit, Classical Cypriot statue
Dog and rabbit, Classical Cypriot, c. 500–400 BC. Vienna Museum, Antikensammlung, I 1611.© Kunsthistorisches Museum

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

Classification

Object type
Stone sculpture
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Amathus
Date
500 - 400 BC

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Collection

Vienna Museum

Provenance

  • Oestr.Museum Vienna;1890 Purchase of Max Ohnefalch-Richter;1940 takeover;1941 inventorized

Identifiers

Accession no.
Antikensammlung, I 1611, Vienna Museum

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