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The equestrian figurine of Babunja

"The equestrian figurine of Babunja"

Natural History Museum Vienna (ed.),
Kalorësi i Babunjës: The equestrian figurine of Babunja


Wien 2025

ISBN 978-3-903096-87-5


38 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 27 x 19 cm; broschiert/softcover


bilingual albanian - english


This object is an outstanding bronze statuette of a once armed horseman on a horse. The separately crafted helmet, the lance raised for throwing and the shield are missing. The artwork was discovered in an ancient settlement near Babunja near the ancient city of Apollonia in Illyria, in present-day Albania, during the Albanian-German research excavations in 2018. It was made in a Greek workshop in the late Archaic period around 510-490 BC and is a unique artistic masterpiece of Greek bronze work.

It is possible that the bronze statuette was sacrificed in a sanctuary as a votive offering by a member of the local Illyrian elite. In any case, the work of art shows that the Illyrian elite appreciated precious Greek imports and was interested in Greek art, lifestyle and intellectual life.


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