Statuette of Carpo, Horae of Autumn

This is a statuette depicting Carpo, the one who brings food, the Horae goddess who was in charge of autumn, ripening, and harvesting, as well as guarding the way to Mount Olympus and letting back the clouds surrounding the mountain if one of the gods left. She was an attendant to Persephone, Aphrodite and Hera, and was also associated with Dionysus, Apollo and Pan. The body of the statuette apparently found in a vineyard near Vesuvius is almost fully intact. The head, dating from antiquity, doesn't belong to it and was attached and amended by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi. After 1830 the Horae was displayed on the upper floor of the Altes Museum's rotunda.本展品为一尊描绘卡尔波（Carpo）的小雕像。卡尔波是时序女神（Horae）之一，司职饮食供给，分管秋季、作物成熟与收获，同时负责值守奥林匹斯山（Mount Olympus）的通路，在众神离开时驱散环绕山体的云雾。她曾作为珀耳塞福涅、阿芙洛狄忒与赫拉的侍从，亦与狄俄尼索斯、阿波罗以及潘存在关联。该小雕像的本体据称发现于维苏威火山（Vesuvius）附近的一处葡萄园，整体几乎保存完好。其头部虽年代可追溯至古代，但并非该雕像原配，而是由巴尔托洛梅奥·卡瓦切皮（Bartolomeo Cavaceppi）加装并修饰。1830年之后，这尊时序女神雕像被陈列于旧博物馆（Altes Museum）圆形大厅的上层展区。