Archaic inscription from statue of Chares at Didyma
- Title:
- Archaic inscription from statue of Chares at Didyma
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1920 (cast)
ca. 570-540 BCE (original)
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Didyma, Turkey (discovery site) (original)
- Location:
- Warehouse
Didyma, Turkey (discovery site) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0443
- Accession Number:
- 443
- File Name:
- CCC_0443.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 149 (H) cm (complete statue)
- Culture:
- Greek
- Style/Period:
- Archaic
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture with inscription (original) - Subject:
- Didyma (Extinct city)
Apollo (Greek deity) - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 50 x 5.5 x 6.5 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a cast of the inscribed leg of the chair of an Archaic seated statue of Chares, ruler of Teichioussa, dedicated by him to Apollo at Didyma. The statue, housed in the British Museum, is the only extant figure of the dedicatory group with which it originally stood. It lined the Sacred Way leading from the nearby port of Panormos to the sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma, along with many other similar statues. This inscription (McCabe, Didyma 139) is located on the right (proper) front leg of the chair on which Chares is seated. It reads: Χαρῆς εἰμι ὀ Κλέσιος Τειχιόσης ἀρχός· ἄγαλμα το͂ Ἀπόλλωνος. I am Chares, Son of Kleisis, Ruler of Teichioussa. The statue belongs to Apollo.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 1859,1226.5 and Sculpture B278 - Bibliography:
- L. H. Jeffery, The Local Scripts of Archaic Greece (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961), 332-336, no. 29, pl. 64.
Donald F. McCabe, Didyma Inscriptions. Texts and List. "The Princeton Project on the Inscriptions of Anatolia," The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1985). Packard Humanities Institute CD #6, 1991, no. 139. - Related Work:
- See ID no. 291 for a near-contemporary statue from the Sacred Way at Didyma that is similar to Chares' in form.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
London, British Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.