Asseria, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2003.
Original scientific paper
MONUMENTAL ALTAR PRESENTING THE SHE-WOLF, ROMULUS AND REMUS AND SCENES OF IMMOLATION FROM ASSERIA
Kornelija A. Giunio
; Archaeological museum Zadar
Abstract
Some 6 km east of Benkovac and about 1 km to the south from the today’s
village of Podgraðe there was Asseria, one of the most prominent centres in Liburnia.
Since 1999, after more than a century, Asseria has been again systematically
researched. Excavations started at the northwest part of the town walls from
the western town entrance. A late Antiquity defensive wall, full of stone spolia,
occured at a distance of 5,30 m from the early imperial wall. A monumental stone
altar found within the late Antiquity defensive wall represents the She-wolf breast
feeding Romulus and Remus at the frontal part of the altar, flanked by the two scenes;
one showing a bull led to the immolation and another showing libation. The
altar is 86 cm high, its width is 112 cm, debth is 74 cm. A 12 cm well carved rim
surrounds the roughly worked out upper part of the altar. Back side is being nicely
cut. [...]
Keywords
MONUMENTAL ALTAR; SHE-WOLF; ROMULUS; REMUS; IMMOLATION FROM ASSERIA
Hrčak ID:
9019
URI
Publication date:
26.2.2003.
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