“Omnia mutantur, nihil interit.” About a funeral statue
from Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa
“Omnia mutantur, nihil interit.” About a funeral statue
from Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa
Author(s): Ştefana CristeaSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Mega Print SRL
Keywords: funerary statue; Roman Dacia; pallium; marble; Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa; headless statue
Summary/Abstract: The present paper represents the preliminary research of a Roman, marble funerary statuepreserved in the collection of the Museum Complex in Arad. The headless statue was found in Ulpia TraianaSarmizegetusa and represents a female, in natural size, elegant and nicely carved, that belongs to the palliatatype of female sculptural depiction. The item discussed in the present article joins other six statues of the typealready mentioned, discovered in Roman Dacia. It might have been carved out of Bucova marble in the workshop(or one of the workshops) which functioned there between the middle of the second century and the middle ofthe third century A.D.
Journal: Ziridava. Studia Archaeologica
- Issue Year: 29/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 141-148
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English