Horse figurine

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Horse figurine

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.15

Description

Figurine of a horse with saddle (clearly depicting the four typical saddle horns)

Use

Decoration

Context

May have been used as decoration in the home. Could also have been ritualistic, such as an offering left at an altar.

Collection

HvG

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Holger von Grawert

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano Germanic

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Figurine

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Statue

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

figurines

Material

Bronze

Color

Green, Gray

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Found during comprehensive building works at Frankfurt-Nordweststadt near Heddernheim/Nida in 1966/67. Acquired by the father of the lender from a local collector in 1989

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

A galloping cavalry horse was terrifying to face. The bronze horse statuette shows how such a horse would have looked. The saddle had horns which held the rider firmly, so there was no need for stirrups. These bronze plates were used to stiffen the horns. The original owner has inscribed his name inside one of them.