Asseria, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2005.
Original scientific paper
A FRAGMENT OF A CRATER WITH A MOTIVE INSCRIPTION FROM ASSERIA
Ivana Jadrić
; University of Zadar
Abstract
The first systematic excavations of Asseria were carried out at the beginning of the 20th century by the Austrian Archaeological Institute. A fragment of a stone votive vessel was found near a profiled base located within a small sacral structure on the forum of Asseria, to the northwest of the church of the Holy Spirit. This was a fragment of a krater with an inscription on the rim, the preserved fragment with five letters: [——-]CVL. VO[——-]. The walls of the vessel bear depictions of initiates into the mysteries, with grape vines with leaves and bunches of grapes depicted between these human figures. The upper row between the third and fourth figure (from the right side of the panther) has a depiction of attributes of Dionysus (Liber), a staff wrapped in grape vines, with a terminal in the shape of a pine-cone – thyrsus. The handle of the vessel was made in the shape of a beast of prey in full relief. This was an image of a panther in profile with the head turned towards the rim of the vessel. The vessel was made of limestone. The greatest preserved dimensions of the fragment were: 27 cm in height, 31 cm in length, with wall width of around 3 cm. On the basis of these dimensions the reconstructed diameter of the vessel would measure 42 cm. [...]
Keywords
CRATER; VOTIVE INSCRIPTION; ASSERIA
Hrčak ID:
37259
URI
Publication date:
23.3.2005.
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