Nowo odkryty relief wotywny z Ptolemais (Libia)

• Authors: Mikocki, Tomasz , Muszyńska -Mikocka, Monika

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A recently discovered votive relief from Ptolemais, Libya

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During the archaeological excavations conducted by the Institute of Archaeology of the Warsaw University in Ptolemais (Libya) a very well preserved votive relief was discovered. The relief displays an iconography typical for this group of objects. The main figure — although not the founder of the ex-voto — is a hero depicted mounting an upraised horse. Before him a young man, unproportionally smaller, is shown running. Facing the two male figures stands a veiled woman holding in her hand a sacrifice vessel. As has been proven in the case of several other similar, locally produced objects, the running figure portrays the founder of the relief - a young boy taking part in some gymnastic activity. The chronology of the object can only be established basing on stylistic elements - the archaeological context is not an indicator as the relief was found in a destruction layer dated to the mid Roman period and must have been displayed by the owner of the villa as an object of art or of a cult. The analysis of the facial features and hairstyle of the hero — the most distinctive elements of the represented elements - in reference to numismatic portraiture seem to point to a Hellenistic date - perhaps III“1 c. B.C. The article also presents several analogous, previously published or unpublished reliefs produced locally in Cirenaica.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Archaeologica
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 26

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2009

Contributors

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Mikocki, Tomasz

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Muszyńska -Mikocka, Monika

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Uniwersytet Warszawski

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http://hdl.handle.net/11089/8023