Review article

Sphinxes from Aenona

Nikola Cesarik orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-0687 ; Odjel za arheologiju Sveučilište u Zadru, Zadar, Hrvatska
David Štrmelj ; Arheološki muzej Zadar, Zadar, Hrvatska

Abstract

The paper analyzes the group of sphinx sculptures from Nin (Latin: Aenona) found in the late 19th century and now kept in Archaeological Museum Zadar. Since they are funerary sculptures, created in the context of classical Greek & Roman Antiquity but somewhat neglected in Croatian literature, the authors give a detailed description of these monuments, tackling the origin and development of iconographic motif and trying to recreate the place, function and circumstances of their finding.

Keywords

sphinx; Aenona; funerary art; classical art

Hrčak ID:

162409

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/162409

Publication date:

10.5.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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