HERCULES AND HYDRA - ABOUT IMAGE OF AN IVORY DISC FROM OSTRÓW TUMSKI IN WROCLAW (Herkules i Hydra - o wyobrazeniu na krazku z kosci sloniowej z Ostrowa Tumskiego we Wroclawiu)

• Authors: Janowski Andrzej
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents reinterpretation of function and image of an ivory disc found in 1972 at Ostrów Tumski in Wroclaw, Poland. The author suggests the scene presented on the disc depicts Hercules battling the Lernean Hydra, and the artifact itself is a fragment of a tric-trac pawn. The artifact supposedly originated in 12th century in one of workshops existed in northern France or Cologne.

Keywords

EN

IVORY (12TH C. ) DISC - IMAGE INTERPRETATION

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Przegląd Archeologiczny
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 56
• Pages: 117-125
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Janowski Andrzej

• Andrzej Janowski, Instytut Archeologii I Etnologii PAN, ul. Kusnierska 12/12A, 70-536 Szczecin, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA061216