Un contributo dall'Egitto all'iconografia della caccia al cinghiale nel mondo miceneo

A Contribution from Egypt to the iconography of boar-hunting in Mycenaean World · This paper aims at investigating the theme of the Boarhunting in the Mycenaean iconography. An unsuspected contribution comes from Egypt during the New Kingdom, where a painted stone ostrakon found at Deir el-Medina, Valley of Kings and Queens, reproduces an uncommon pictorial motif. The scene, involving a boar and three dogs, shows close affinities to the main pictorial cycles decorating the palaces at Tiryns and Orchomenos. If we have a look at the Mycenaean iconography, we may conclude that the Egyptian artifact is more in accordance with the theme of the Boar-hunting. In Mainland Greece the function of boar hunting is an ideological metaphor of the ruling authorities, an exercise of dominance strongly associated with adult members of the palatial aristocracy. The painted ostrakon from Deir el-Medina is likely a local artifact, but inspired by a not Egyptian iconography. The large evidence of Aegean people settled in the Royal Valley, as the Mycenaean pottery confirms, could explain the origin of this uncommon pictorial subject