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Catalogue of the Published Animal Representations

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A full catalogue of all the published animal representations, not only in wall-paintings but also on pottery (including two vases from the Ecole Française collection) and other objects, ships and jewels, as revealed by the frescoes, is established:

CATALOGUE OF THE PUBLISHED ANIMAL REPRESENTATIONS

No.

REPRESENTATION 

TYPE            

PROVENANCE 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 
1AntelopesWall-painting Beta 1Thera IV, 46-47 Pl. D, Fb 117-118
2Bird Vase-painting on jug Akrotiri Thera VII, 28 Pl. 43; Andreou 1974, 416-422; Marthari 1980, 193 Pl. 71a 
3 Bird Vase-painting on jug Akrotiri Scholes 1956, 21 n.6 (Thera museum, Akr. H 59)
4Bird, black head with large eye and outlined wing (duck?) Black-and-Red (?) vase-painting on sherd Xeste 3Thera VII, 29 Pl 47d
5Bird (?), head Vase-painting on sherd Akrotiri Thera IV, 39 Pl. 96a (bottom left) 
6 Bird, head Vase-painting on sherd Akrotiri Thera IV, 39 Pl. 96a (top centre) 
7Bird, head Vase-painting on sherd Akrotiri Thera IV, 39 Pl. 96a (centre left) 
8Bird, headVase-painting on sherd Akrotiri Thera IV, 39 Pl. 96a (bottom centre) 
9Bird, head Vase-painting on sherd Akrotiri Thera IV, 39 Pl. 96a (top right) 
10Bird, head and neck Vase neck Akrotiri Thera IV, 39 Pl. 96d 
11Bird, head (?) and outlined wing Matt-painted sherd Akrotiri Thera II, 44 Fig. 30 (bottom right) 
12Bird, outlined head Matt-painted sherd Akrotiri Thera II, 44 Fig. 30 (bottom left) 
13Birds Polychrome vase-painting on jug Akrotiri Thera V, 30 Pl. A. 58 
14BirdsPolychrome vase-painting on jug "Akrotiri" Renaudin 1922, 157-158 no. 60 Pl. XII; Maffre 1972, 36 no. 79 Fig. 23 
15Birds (doves), hull decoration Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, south wall Thera VI, 43 Col. Pl. 104 
16Boar, head Zoomorphic rhyton Akrotiri Praktika 1977, Pl. 204b (no. 4274)
17Boar, headZoomorphic rhyton Delta 17 Thera VII, 30 Pl. 57a; Praktika 1973, Pl. 142b 
18Bull Terracotta figurine Fire Thera III, Pl. 21.2 
19Bull Terracotta figurine Fire Thera III, Pl. 21.2; Doumas 1983, 31 
20Bull Zoomorphic rhyton Alpha 2 Thera III, 12, 59 Pl. A2, 54 
21Bull, head Zoomorphic rhyton Delta 14 Thera IV, 37 Pl. 85b 
22Butterflies, on ship's prow Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, south wall Thera VI, 43 Col. Pl. 9 
23Calf (?) Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, south wall Thera VI, 44 Col. Pl. 9 
24Calf, head Ivory pendant Beta 2 Thera VII, 32 Pl. 57b 
25Caprid, protome Zoomorphic vase fragmentAkrotiri Praktika 1977, Pl. 206 (no. 4281) 
26CapridaeWall-paintingBeta 6 Thera VI, 46 (dog); V, 38 (calves); Iliakis 1978, 628 Pl. 11; Doumas 1983, 78; Marinatos 1984, 113-114 Pl. D 
27Capridae, gambolling among crocuses Polychrome vase-painting on double jug "Akrotiri" Renaudin 1922, 158 no. 61 Fig. 12 Pl. XIII; Maffre 1972, 36 no. 80 Fig. 23 
28Capridae, leaping in rocky landscape, and dolphins, leaping in marinescapePolychrome  vase-painting on kymbeHouse of the Ladies Thera VI, 33 Col. Pl. 11, Pl. 80, 82a (NAM 3266) 
29Capridae, leaping in rocky landscape, and dolphins, leaping in marinescapePolychrome vase-painting on kymbeWest HouseThera VI, 33 Col. Pl. 11, Pl. 81, 82b (NAM 3267) 
30Deer in a tropical landscape Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, east wall Thera VI, 41-42 Col. Pl. 8 
31Deer, pursued by a lion Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, south wallThera VI, 42 Col. Pl. 9, Pl. 94
32 Dolphins in marinescape Polychrome vase-painting on jug Xeste 4 Praktika 1975, Pl. 210 (no. 4058) 
33Dolphins Polychrome vase-painting on ewer Beta 4 Marinatos and Hirmer 1973, Pl. 162; Doumas 1983, Fig. 59 (NAM 1516) 
34Dolphins Polychrome vase-painting on ewer Delta 9 Thera 5, 26 Pl. 49, 54b (NAM 1515?) 
35Dolphins Polychrome vase-painting on kymbe Beta 2 Thera II, 14 Pl. C7, 11 (NAM 100) 
36Dolphins, birds, and a bullVase-painting on pithos Akrotiri Praktika 1980, Pl. 178-179 (no. 4854) 
37Dolphins, escorting a fleet Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, south wall Thera VI, 43 Col. Pl. 9 
38Dolphins in marinescape Polychrome vase-painting on basin West House 3 Praktika 1979, Pl. 159c 
39Dolphins in marinescape Polychrome vase-painting on cylindrical pithos Akrotiri Marthari 1987, 378 Fig. 28 (no. 3210) 
40Dolphins in marinescape Polychrome vase-painting on double jug Delta 17 Praktika 1977, Pl. 240b (no. 4283) 
41Dolphins in marinescape Polychrome vase-painting on tea-potAkrotiri Marthari 1987, 378 Fig. 27 (no. 4938) 
42 Dolphins in marinescape Polychrome vase-painting on tripod table Delta 8 Thera IV, 37 Pl. 82 
43Dolphins in marinescape Polychrome vase-painting on tripod table West House 4 Thera V, 43-44 Pl. C, 102; Marinatos and Hirmer 1973, Pl. XLIV 
44Dragonflies, necklace beads Wall-painting Xeste 3.3 Thera VII, 33; Marinatos 1984, 68-70 Fig. 49 
45Duck flying over a thicket of reeds Wall-painting Xeste 3.3 Thera VII, 27 Pl. L, 42a 
46Ducks in a tropical landscape Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, east wall Thera VI, 41-42 Col. Pl. 8 
47Ducks, necklace beads Wall-painting Xeste 3.3 Thera VII, 33; Marinatos 1984, 68-70 Fig. 49 
48Feline, stalking two ducks in a tropical landscape Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, east wall Thera VI, 41-42 Col. Pl. 8 
49Fish, head Vase-painting on sherd Akrotiri Thera IV, 39 Pl. 96a (top left) 
50Fishes, one group carried by a fisherman Wall-painting West House 5, west wall Thera VI, 35-38 Fig. 4, Col. Pl. 90 
51Fishes, two groups carried by a fisherman Wall-paintingWest House 5, north wall Thera VI, 35-38 Col. Pl. 6, Pl. 85 
52Lion, headZoomorphic rhyton West House Thera V, 35, Pl. 80 
53Lion, stern emblem Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, south wall Thera VI, 43 Col. Pl. 9 
54Lioness, head Zoomorphic rhyton Alpha 2.3 Thera II, 19, 43-44 Pl. 37 
55Lions and dolphins, hull-decoration Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, south wall Thera VI, 43 Col. Pl. 9 
56Monkeys in front of a godess Wall-painting Xeste 3 Thera VII, 33; Marinatos 1984, Fig. 40 
57MonkeysWall-painting Beta 6 Thera II, 54 Pl. B1; III, 63-64 Pl. 61, 62.1; IV, 45-46 Pl. 114-115; V, 38 Pl. D, 92b, 93 
58Monkeys in front of an altar Wall-painting Alpha Thera II, 53-54 Fig. 43 
59Monkeys, playing the lyre and holding a swordWall-painting Xeste 3.2 Thera VII, 25-26; Marinatos 1984, Fig. 80; Doumas 1983, 108 
60Quadruped (donkey or calf), headVase-painting on sherd Akrotiri Thera IV, 39 Pl. 96b (left) 
61Quadruped (donkey or calf), head Vase-painting on sherd Akrotiri Thera IV, 39 Pl. 96b (right) 
62 Sheep and other capridae Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, north wall Thera VI, 40-41, 44 Col. Pl. 7, Pl. 96b 
63Swallow Polychrome vase-painting on sherd Akrotiri Thera II, 44 Fig. 30 (left centre) 
64Swallow Vase-painting on jug West House Ergon 1984, 80 Fig. 116 
65Swallow Vase-painting on pithos West House 6 Praktika 1980, Pl. 176a (no. 5201) 
66Swallow Vase-painting on sherd Akrotiri Thera IV, 39 Pl. 96a (left centre) 
67Swallow Vase-painting on sherd Akrotiri Thera IV, 39 Pl. 96a (bottom left) 
68Swallow Wall-painting Beta 6 Thera III, 64 Pl. B1, 62.2 
69Swallow Polychrome vase-painting on ethmopyxide Xeste 3 Thera VII, 39 Pl. 47c 
70Swallows Polychrome vase-painting on jug Alpha Thera II, 43 Fig. 29, Pl. A 
71Swallow Polychrome vase-painting on kymbe Alpha 2.3 Thera II, 14 Pl. C8, 17.2; Marinatos and Hirmer 1973, Pl. XLIV (NAM 101) 
72Swallow Polychrome vase-painting on jug Delta 9.1 Thera II, 14, 42-43 Fig. 5; Marinatos and Hirmer 1973, Pl. 159; Doumas 1983, Fig. 58 (NAM 112)
73Swallow Vase-painting on jug West House Thera VI, 32 Pl. 74a (left) 
74Swallows Wall-painting Delta 2Thera IV, 50 Pl. A, C, 121-124; Marinatos and Hirmer 1973, Pl. XXXVI-XXXVII 
75Swallows Wall-painting Xeste 3.2 Thera VII, 27 Pl. 39b (bottom) 
76Swallow (?), stern emblems Wall-painting, miniature fresco West House 5, south wallThera VI, 43 Col. Pl. 9 


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 For the full paper by J. Vanschoonwinkel, in "Thera and the Aegean World III, Vol. 1: Archaeology", please see:  
 

http://www.therafoundation.org/articles/aegeanart/animalrepresentationsintheranandotheraegeanarts

  
Catalogue is found on pages: pp. 333 - 335 in the first volume of the book "Thera and the Aegean World III"
  
  
  

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