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The archaized relief from the Archaeological Museum of Istria in Pula and the influence of Octavian’s Actium Monument
Alka Starac
orcid.org/0000-0002-8254-0849
; Arheološki muzej Istre, Pula, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The paper analyzes the fragment of a marble relief held in the Archaeological Museum of Istria. The relief depicting a sacral procession is analyzed in the context of its archaized characteristics. The paper also refers to some of the best known archaized reliefs from the Late Hellenistic and Roman Early Imperial periods that, due to the good condition they are in, could provide additional information that could help interpret and recreate this relief. An almost identical archaized depiction and composition can be seen on a marble semi-cylindrical altar from the Octavian August’s memorial for the Battle of Actium in Nicopolis, depicting a procession of gods. A recreation of the Pula museum relief is proposed. Its preserved fragment shows Leto and Artemis with a deer, modelled on the scene on the altar from Octavian’s memorial. The iconographic meaning of the depiction is analyzed, together with the possibility of locating it to the period of Roman Histria and the colony of Pola.
Ključne riječi
Actium; Memorial; Apollo; archaized relief; Artemis; imperial cult; iconography; deer; Leto; Octavian August; Pula
Hrčak ID:
217416
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.2.2019.
Posjeta: 1.541 *