THE ICONOGRAPHY OF ATTIC LATE GEOMETRIC I I POTTERY VOLUME I THEODORA ROMBOS BEDFORD COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Thesis submitted for the degree of Ph D March 1987 ■■ UiJL LViF' ■ ProQuest Number: 10098533 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. uest. ProQuest 10098533 Published by ProQuest LLC(2016). Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. ProQuest LLC 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 ABSTRACT The thesis is an attempt to view the iconography of A ttic vase-painting of the Late Geometric II period, in re­ latio n to the previous Late Geometric I period as well as the ensuing Early P rotoattic and to establish and in te rp re t the origin and meaning of the various iconographie themes. The main body of the work begins with a detailed look at those iconographie representations which are found in both Late Geometric I and Late Geometric II . The purely dec­ orative animal representations such as goats, deer and horses are studied f i r s t , while the more complex narrative scenes such as prothesis and chariot representations follow. Chapter II deals only with the Late Geometric II inno­ vations, for example riders, man and lions, as well as animals, grazing horses, bulls,dogs and fantastic animals such as cen­ taurs, sphinxes and winged goats. In chapter III, three different workshops are studied, each one distinguished for its predilection for specific ico­ nographie themes, such as hunting, cu lt scenes and the various schemes of man with horses and horses with tripods. In a ll three chapters the iconography of other areas of the Greek world especially Euboea, Boeotia, Argos and Crete is drawn for comparison and the possible influences of the Mycenaean world as well as the Near East are also considered. New workshops and individual painters are also studied; since the main subject of the thesis is iconography and not workshops, these new workshops are included in the Appendix, Finally the relationship between iconography and shape, and iconography and workshops is studied. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Special thanks are due to my academic supervisor Professor J.N.Coldstream, who gave me throughout the benefit of his invaluable advice and constructive criticism. Many scholars have helped and encouraged me: Dr.Barbara Bohen and Dr. Ursula Knigge of the German In s titu te in Athens gave me permission to study in d e ta il the Geometric vases and sherds in the Kerameikos Museum Athens. There is also a long lis t of Museum authorities who allowed me to study the vases in their collections and who provided me with photographs or gave me permission to take my own. Mrs. Olga Alexandri of the National Museum Athens; B.F.Cook of the B ritis h Museum London; D.von Bothmer of the Metropolitan Museum New York; Alan Pasquier of the Louvre Museum Paris; Dr.Stabler of Ruhr University Museum Bochum. Reading University Museum and especially Dr.Petra- kos, who gave me permission to study the unpublished material from Merenda at Brauron Museum A ttica. I also wish to thank my friends and fellow students at London University and at the B ritis h School in Athens, its Director Dr. H.Catling and Assistant Director Dr. A. Mac- Guillevrey and to Matilda Webb and Philip Mead for correcting the English. To my mother and husband I express my thanks for th e ir support in every way. TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I page Abstract 2 Acknowledgements 3 Table of Contents 4-5 List of Plates 6-1 1 List of Tables and Charts 12-14 Abbreviations 15-17 INTRODUCTION 19-33 CHAPTER I: Representations found in both LG I and LGII 34-160 A.Goats 38-53 B.Deer 53-64 C.Horse in panel or frieze 64-77 D.Prothesis 77-91 E.Chariot representations 92-131 F.Processions of warriors 131-153 G.Ship scenes 153-160 CHAPTER IIiL a te Geometric II iconographie innovations 161-258 A.Riders 161-184 B.Man and lions 185-208 C.Sporting events 209-214 D.Grazing horses 214-221 E.Running dogs 222-226 F.Frieze of bulls/single bull/ cow 226-231 G.Centaurs 232-244 H. Sphinxes 244-254 K.Winged goats 254-258 CHAPTER III:Late Geometric II workshops specializing in specific themes 259-329 TABLE OF CONTENTS page A.The Concentric Circle Group 259-283 1)Horse(s) with tripod 261-271 2)Man between horses 271-283 B.The Rattle Group 283-315 1)Cult scenes 283-300 2)Lion attacking animal 300-315 C.The Hunt Group 316-329 APPENDIX: The New Workshops 330-368 A.The V illa Giulia Painter 330-351 B.The Burly Workshop 352-357 C.The Thorikos Workshop 357-362 D.The Trachones Painter 362-368 CONCLUSIONS 369-396 BIBLIOGRAPHY 397-411 VOLUME II Table of Contents 413-414 List of Plates 415-420 CATALOGUE 421-558 PLATES 559-632 LIST OF PLATES PLATE 1 A.Athens NM 802 (cat. no 17); B.Athens NM 866 (cat. no 29);C.BM 1912.5-22.1 (cat. no 334); 0 .Vienna U niversity 947 (cat. no 417);E.Wurz­ burg H 835 (cat. no 407); F.New York 14.130.14 (cat. no 48);G.Berlin:Moortgat,Vorderasiatische R o lls ie q e l, 1940,no 575;H.New York :Pierpont Morgan Library :Porada,Corpus I , 1948,no 584; 1.From NuzirPorada,Seal Imprsessions from Nuzi, 1947,p i.X X II,444. PLATE 2 a.Tubingen 28.5546 (cat. no 84); b.Tubingen 1090 (c a t. no 71). PLATE 3 a.Hanover 1958.60 (cat. no 37);b.MFA Houston Texas (c a t. no 98). PLATE 4 a.Kerameikos 385 (cat. no 6 9 );b. Kerameikos 1314 (cat. no 252);c .Kerameikos 824 (cat. no 358); d.Baltimore 48.2231 (cat. no 165);e.Louvre CA 1821 (cat. no 306). PLATE 5 a.Mannheim 170 (cat. no 156);b. Wurzburg H 5051 (cat. no 422). PLATE 6 a.Louvre CA 1821 (cat. no 306);b.Kerameikos 1319 (c a t. no 353 ) . PLATE 7 a.Mainz Museum 0.2031 (cat. no 357);b.Athens NM 898 (cat. no 175). PLATE 8 a.Athens NM 17457 (cat. no 292);b.Ruhr Universi- tat Bochum (cat. no 56). PLATE 9 a,b.Kerameikos 5643 (cat. no 172). PLATE 10 a.New York 14.130.14 (cat. no 48);b.Brauron Museum (cat. no 388). PLATE 11 a.Thorikos TC.65.666 (cat. no 514);b .London BM 1912.5.22.1 (cat. no 334). PLATE 12 a.Copenhagen 2680 (cat. no 317);b.B erlin 1963.13 (cat. no 316). PLATE 13. a .London Market (cat. no 347); b.Louvre CA 3283 (c a t. no 346) . he^LcM,rr\ç, PLATE 14 V ictoria Museum^Australia 023/1982 Felton Bequest 1982.R.G.Hood,1982,38-50. PLATE 15 a.Athens NM 990 (cat. no 46);b. Louvre A 517 (cat. no 4);c.Athens NM 806 (cat. no 73);d. Athens NM 184 (cat. no 130);e.Toronto C 951 (cat. no 180);f.London BM 1914.4-13.1 (cat.no 234);g.Leiden 1.1901/1.1 (cat. no125);h.Er- lagen 1458 (cat. no 233);k.B e rlin 3203 (cat.no 143);1.Essen K969 (cat. no 169);m.Villa Guilia 1212 (cat. no 224); n.New York 10.210.8;Davi- son,1961,fig.69a;p.New York 21.88.18: Davison, 1961,fig .57. PLATE 16 a.Athens British School (cat. no 467);b.Halle Robertinum 59 (cat. no 47). PLATE 17 a.Louvre A 517 (cat. no 4);b.Louvre A 552 (cat. no 24). PLATE 18 a .b .Düsseldorf Hetjens Museum 1970.19 (cat. no 235). PLATE 19 a.Athens NM 894 (cat. no 173);b.Athens NM 184 (cat. no 130). PLATE 20 a.Athens NM 14763 (cat. no 129);b.London BM 1927.4-1 1 . 1 (cat. no 262) . PLATE 21 a.Cleveland 1927.27.6 (cat.no 164);b.Stockholm MM 1976.11 (cat. no 153). PLATE 22 a.b.Texas MFA Houston (cat. no 147). PLATE 23 a.Baltimore 48.2231 (cat. no 165);b .Hamburg 1966.89 (cat. no 170). PLATE 24 a.Hirschmann Collection (cat. no 163);b .Hanover 1953.148 (cat. no 152). PLATE 23 a.Louvre CA 2503 (cat. no 155);b.Berlin Staat- liche Museum (cat. no 151). PLATE 26 a.30.33.133 (cat. no 226) ;b .Essen K 969 (c a t. no 169). PLATE 27 a.Kerameikos K 2 (cat. no 185);b. Kerameikos 1356 (c a t. no 217). PLATE 28 a.Athens NM 313: Cook,1935,pi.38b;b.Texas MFA Houston: Hoffman,1971,no 152 f i g . 152. PLATE 29 a.London BM 1936 10-17 1: ’Hampe , 1960 , fig . 19 ; b.New York 21.88.18: Hampe,1960,42 f i g . 25. PLATE 30 a.Louvre A 552 (cat. no 24);b Kerameikos Museum 217 (cat. no 468). PLATE 31 a.Kerameikos (cat. no 42);b.Louvre A 517 (cat. no 4). PLATE 32 a.Rohsska Museum (cat.