Dear participant,
we would kindly ask you to participate in a survey that will help us improve this website in order to create more value for customers like you. We’re interested in your personal opinion. It should take no more than 7 minutes. You will remain completely anonymous and the data will be used only for this research.
If you have any questions about this survey please contact info.web@khm.at.
We value your time your feedback! The Team of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Griechisch, Hellenistisch, um 166 v. Chr.
The relief depicts a battle between Greeks and Galatians, a Celtic people who from the early 3rd century onwards repeatedly invaded Asia Minor. The battle is turning in the Greeks’ favour; to the right of a standard (signum) an armed Greek horseman is jumping over a – presumably fallen – Galatian. The depiction presumably references the final wars between Pergamum and Galatia fought in 189/188 and 168–166 B.C., which ended with the Galatians’ defeat by Eumenes II, King of Pergamum. Like Miletus, Sardis and Pergamum, Ephesus probably erected a monument honouring their saviour, which may have included this relief.
Relief
Griechisch
Hellenistisch
um 166 v. Chr.
Ephesos , Torbau nördlich der Arkadiane , Umgebung , Selçuk, Kleinasien, Türkei
Dolomit-Marmor
H. 99 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung
Antikensammlung, I 814
Sultan, Abdul, Hamid, II.; Österreichische Ausgrabungen in Ephesos; Geschenk an Kaiser Franz Joseph; 1911 nachträglich inventarisiert
Permalink (citable Link) to this page: www.khm.at/en/object/51858/
This object is still without a Art Patron. Accept the patronage and make sure that this cultural treasure is preserved for future generations.
Your donation is a direct and sustainable contribution to the scientific documentation, research, restoration, and presentation of the artworks of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.