Hermes Psychopompos in an Anatolian Grave

The White-Ground Cup from Daskyleion

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ID4540875
AuthorsÇiçek Karaöz (0000-0002-7682-0326, Muğla University), Kaan Iren (0000-0002-9053-8693, Muğla University)
Year2024
Volume128
Issue3
Pages293-308
Publication date2024-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/730133
OpenAlexW4399532653
LanguageEN
References cited16

A striking find emerged from a tumulus in the eastern necropolis of Daskyleion in northwestern Anatolia: a white-ground cup depicting Hermes Psychopompos leading a deceased woman to the underworld. This article focuses on the painter or workshop associated with the cup and questions how it ended up in the multicultural context of a noble grave in a Persian satrapal center. The stylistic study of the vase painting suggests that the tondo was created by a Polygnotan painter, probably the Kleophon Painter, and the palaestra scene on the exterior may be by a lesser painter of the period, the Painter of Heidelberg 209. The outcome of the study challenges our knowledge of Classical Attic vase painting and provides clues about the eastern pottery trade of the late fifth century BCE. Considering the exclusivity of the cup, it must have been brought here as the product of a special and individual commission.1

Ancient history · Art · White (mutation) · Ancient Near East History · Chemistry · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History

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