Neo-Elamites

 

Happy New Year to everyone for 2024!

Here are some Neo-Elamites that I've just finished painting. They were both allies and enemies of the Neo-Assyrians and Neo-Babylonians at various stages. The figures are all Eureka Miniatures. The only other 28mm Neo-Elamite ranges that I'm aware of are the Warlord archers which I have and the Steve Barber Models range as well, which are very nice but no Kallapani (the mule drawn carts with archers) as yet. Eventually I hope to refight the Battle of Til-Tuba or River Ulai which was fought against the Neo-Assyrian forces of Ashurbanipal in c. 653 BCE. There is a very interesting short British Museum YouTube video discussing the six panels of reliefs depicting this battle from Ashurbanipal's palace in Nineveh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpe7fevbReA

Just before Christmas I went on a short mountain biking trip to Beechworth with Peter and Hans using our e-mtbs. We did the Epic Indigo loop between Beechworth and Yackandandah (lots of climbing in the second half) and the Diggers' Loop the following morning before driving back. Here are a few photos.

Starting out

A rest before the final climb

Wallaby Mine equipment

A koala resting up! The base of the sapling is
visible in the previous photo. 

Ashurbanipal - King of the World, King of Assyria.

 

Here is a Neo-Assyrian King, on campaign in his chariot, that I've finally finished painting. He is supposed to be Ashurbanipal, the last great Neo-Assyrian king who ruled from 669 to c. 631 BC. Figures and chariots are by Wargames Foundry. A great book to get if you're interested is I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria edited by Gareth Brereton a publication which accompanied the 2018 and 2019 exhibition at the British Museum.

 

Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes Exhibition Part Five

 

Gold and garnet earrings with amphorae
about 200 BCE

Gold medallion with Aphrodite and Eros
Egypt, about 200-100 BCE

Greeks versus Amazons
Marble frieze block from the tomb of King Mausolus
Halikarnassos (modern Bodrum), Turkey, about 350 BCE

Women at a fountain house Hydria (water jar)
made in Athens, about 510 BCE
attributed to the Antimenes Painter
found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy

Marble head from a statue of a Greek warrior
Halikarnassos (modern Bodrum), Turkey, about 350 BCE

Marble head from a statue of a Persian warrior
Halikarnassos (modern Bodrum), Turkey, about 350 BCE

Racing charioteer marble fragment of a sculpted frieze
Halikarnassos (modern Bodrum), Turkey, about 350 BCE

Marble head from a statue of a lion
Halikarnassos (modern Bodrum), Turkey, about 350 BCE

Marble votive relief of two mounted youths, possibly hippeis (knights)
about 330-300 BCE

Symposion (drinking together) Kylix (drinking cup)
red figure pottery
made in Athens, about 490-480 BCE
attributed to the Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy

Terracotta figure of a young soldier 
made in Boeotia, Greece, about 300-250 BCE
found at Tanagra, Boeotia, Greece

Terracotta figure of a young soldier 
made in Boeotia, Greece, about 300-250 BCE
found at Tanagra, Boeotia, Greece

Terracotta women playing knucklebones (astragaloi)
Capua, Campania, Italy about 330-300 BCE

Bronze, steatite and calcite astralagoi (knucklebones)
Athens and Kefalonia, Greece, about 500-100 BCE

Marble toy marble, terracotta and calcite dice
Left  about 100 BCE -100 CE
found in the Sanctuary of Artemis, Ephesos, Turkey
Centre about 540-500 BCE
found in the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, Sparta, Greece
Right about 200-100 BCE
found in Izmir, Turkey

Terracotta slave and his pupil reading
Myrina, Turkey, about 100 BCE

Boys playing knucklebones Chous (jug)
red figure pottery
Athens about 420-400 BCE

Playing to win Amphora
black figure pottery
made in Athens, about 540-520 BCE
attributed to the Swing Painter
probably found in central Italy

Ganymede and Eros Bell Krater
red figure pottery
made in Lucania (modern Basilicata), Italy about 420-400 BCE
attributed to the Amykos Painter
found at Capua, Campania, Italy

Terracotta moving model of a woman rolling dough
made in Rhodes, Greece about 450 BCE
found at Kamiros, Rhodes, Greece

Terracotta figure of a cheese seller
made in Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece, about 390-370 BCE
found at Tanagra, Boeotia, Greece

Terracotta figure of a boy butchering a pig
Boeotia, Greece, about 440-400 BCE

African head Oinochoe (jug)
black glazed pottery
made in Athens, about 470 BCE
attributed to the Class of Louvre H62
found in central Italy

Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes Exhibition Part Four

Bronze statuette of a warrior
Corfu, Greece, about 350-300 BCE

 

Bronze decorative fitting of a wounded warrior
about 330-300 BCE
probably found at Aitoliko, Aitolia-Akarnania, Greece

Terracotta Aryballos (perfume bottle) of an Ionian helmet
made on Rhodes, Greece, about 580 BCE
found at Kamiros, Rhodes, Greece

Tomb offering Lekythos (oil flask)
white-ground pottery
Athens, about 420-400 BCE
attributed to the Reed Painter

Melanthes and Menalkes marble gravestone
Attica, Greece, about 400 BCE

Phila, the generous benefactor, marble gravestone
Smyrna (modern Izmir), Turkey, about 200-100 BCE

Hermodoros, athlete and scholar, marble gravestone
Smyrna (modern Izmir), Turkey, about 100 BCE

Chalcedony engraved sealstone of Nike's battle trophy
about 350-300 BCE

Bronze plaque of alliance between the Eleans and Heraians
about 500 BCE
found at Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece

Left silver coins with symbols of cock and crab
which represent Greek cities in Sicily, Himera and
Akragas (modern Agrigento), ruled by the tyrant
Theron (489-473 BCE)
minted in Himera, Sicily, Italy, about 483-472 BCE

Silver coin celebrating Victory of Demetrius Poliorcetes at Salamis
minted in Amphipolis, Macedonia about 294-292 BCE

Killing love Achilles and Penthesileia amphora
black figure pottery
made in Athens, about 540-530 BCE
signed by Exekias as potter and attributed to him as painter
found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy

Achilles attacks Troilos Hydria (water jar)
black figure pottery
made in Athens, about 500 BCE
attributed to the Leagros Group
found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy

Achilles and Ajax Hydria (water jar)
red figure pottery
made in Athens, about 510 BCE
attributed to the Nikoxenos Painter
found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy

Bronze plaque young Achilles
50-200 CE

Helen of Sparta Situla (bucket)
red figure pottery
Campania, Italy, about 350-340 BCE
attributed to the Parrish Painter

Odysseus persuading Achilles Kylix (drinking cup)
red figure pottery
made in Athens, about 480-470 BCE
attributed to Douris
found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy

Achilles revenge fragment of a giallo antico marble relief
about 50-100 CE
found at Taranto, Puglia, Italy

Achilles defeats Memnon Kylix (drinking cup)
red figure pottery
made in Athens, about 480 BCE
attributed to the Castelgiorgio Painter
found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy

Parian marble statue of a wealthy woman
about 150-100 BCE

Centre and right terracotta statuettes of wealthy women
made in Boeotia, Greece, about 250-200 BCE
found at Tanagra, Boeotia, Greece
Left terracotta statuette of a woman and baby
made in Athens, about 300 BCE
found at Tanagra, Boeotia, Greece

Bronze fibulae (brooches) and snake bracelet
Left made in Boeotia, Greece, about 700-650 BCE
found at Thebes, Boeotia, Greece
Centre made in Macedonia, about 800-700 BCE
found near Potidaea, Macedonia
Right about 750-650 BCE, found in Macedonia

Terracotta, silver and gold necklace with acorns and a female head
about 300-100 BCE
found at Valencia, Spain

Terracotta and gold necklace with rosettes and palmettes
about 400-250 BCE

Gold myrtle bud necklace and lion head pendant
Akarnarnia, Greece, about 450-400 BCE

Silver and gold disc of Helios, the sun god
about 400-300 BCE
found at Elis, Peloponnese, Greece