Pistiros’ Hoard of Sealings, III: Sealings Reflecting Greek Sculpture and Minor Arts at the Time of Alexander the Great

• Authors: Bouzek Jan , Ondřejová Iva
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The third article on sealings revealed at Pistiros in Bulgaria in 2012 analysis those linked directly to proper Greek models. Most of the items carry two imprints, apparently signatures of partners of document confirming a contract or deal, the archive of them kept with a “notary”. The archive of contracts was hidden in a vaulted oven to be protected at the time of fire destruction of the emporium at ca. 310 BC. The majority of subjects represented on the sealings discussed here show reflections of popular works of leading sculptors of the age; a smaller part reflects contemporary terracotta and bronze figurines of characters of Middle and Late Comedy and two Egyptiazing subjects might reflect the Ptolemaic domain in Thrace.

Keywords

EN

Pistiros; sealings; Greek sculpture; 4th century BC; Middle and Late Attic comedy

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE
• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 111-126

Contributors

author

Bouzek Jan

• Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Celetná 20, Prague 1, 110 00 Czech Republic

author

Ondřejová Iva