Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 30/1. (2010)
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Art and Religions on the Eastern Part of Dacia 105 represented in Jupiter tronans hypostasis. The throne is without ornaments, but well executed, including the back and the throne is under mounting hole. Although only the god’s bust is kept, it is neatly worked and well proportioned. His legs are covered with folds of a robe. The only attribute that keeps, is an eagle sitting at the feet of god. Wings are open for flying and feathers are carved in the form of large scale, good relief; PI. 5/1. Dim: 60 x 44 x 35 cm; Dp: Criste?ti, vicus militaris; Dd: MCM; inv. 5; Paulovics, 1944, 86, fig. 22; Isac 1974, 76-77, pi. II/3a-b; Husar-Man 1996, pl. VI. Dating: 2nd century. 2. Votive statuettes head, made of alabaster, well preserved, showing a superb head of the goddess Junona. Her combed hair separated in the middle is caught in a bun at the nape, two side curls falling over the neck. She wears a semicircular diadem, decorated with vertical channel. The statuette is an import; PI. 6/6. Dim: H = 13.5 cm; Dp: Criste?ti, vicus militaris; Dd: MCM; inv. 554; Floca 1937, 8-9; Zrínyi 1977, 98; Husar-Man 1996, 28, pl. VI/2; Dating: 2nd century. 3. Statuette; alabaster; fragmentary; representing a young, nude, upstanding person (Liber Pater), with broken head and legs. The right arm is bent back and keeps a round vessel with a wide mouth - probably a patera - in his left hand. The left elbow is resting on a tree trunk. Evidenced by the asymmetrical fragmentation, the piece apparently was part of a sculptural group. The execution of the monument is mediocre, the bust and hips are smooth, without other anatomical elements; PI. 6/4. Dim: H = 26.3 cm; 1 = 14.8 cm; Dp: Criste?ti, vicus militaris; Dd: MCM; inv. 2933; Pop 1970, 152; Husar-Man 1996, pl. VI/5; Dating: 2nd-3rd century. 4. Votive statuettes head; made of marble; only the head is preserved; it presents Liber Pater in Lyceios hypostasis; with facial features and curly hair symmetrically executed. The piece has an outstanding artistic value; PI. 6/5. Dim: H = 8.5 cm; Dp: Criste?ti, vicus militaris; Dd: MCM; inv. 4303; Husar-Man 1996, 28, pl. VI/4; Dating: 2nd-3rd century. 5. Marble statue represents genius loci. On his head he wears a modius, his curly hair hangs on his shoulders. The eyes and nose are stark and the mouth only be charged instead. The arms are missing; the chest is uncovered, showing well-drawn anatomical details. The bottom is covered by a mantle until the ankles and by the left shoulder hangs a corner. Near his left foot a miniature boat with a weak female character was preserved. The statue comes from Asia Minor; PI. 6/3. Analogies: Saalburg and Philippeville, in Reinach 1910, III, pi. 14/9; 14/6. Dim: H = 70 cm; 1 base = 27 cm; Dp: Criste?ti, vicus militaris; Dd: MCM; inv. FN; Zrínyi 1977, 98, pl. L; Husar-Man 1996, 28, pl. VI/3; Dating: 3rd century. 6. Mithraic relief; represents the mithraic sacrifice scene of Mithras the taurocton, carved in a rectangular marble plate. Three corners are broken. The plate is bordered by a shaped rim, 1.7 cm wide and the bottom has a width of 5.8 cm. The bull killing scene is typical; the animal is killed after a series of scenes similarly reproduced everywhere in the Empire. The bull is on the ground and Mithras kneeing on it sticks a knife into the neck of the animal. The god is wearing Persian clothes, with mantle waving back and his head is covered with a modium. A snake is crawling under the bull and rises his head to the wound. On the right of the bull a jumping dog is seen. Tauroctonic scene is framed by two acolytes of the god, Cautopates and Cautes, both with a torch, symbolizing the sunrise and sunset. On the top corners of the bas-relief (in the missing part) were probably grouped the sun and moon; PI. 5/2. On the wider rim of the bottom of the votive relief is the inscription: EX VOTO. PO . (SVIT) VICTO(RINVS); Dim: 46 x 31 x 3.2 cm; Dp: Ozd, rural settlement; Dd: MCM; inv. 4875; Zrínyi 1967, 66-68; Dating: 3rd century. Representations in bronze 1. Roman bronze apply depicting Jupiter, it was worked in lost wax technique. Jupiter is depicted in a calm and majestic position, attitude well known in the representations of the Greco-Roman art. The figure has big eyes, with pupils marked by collared stones and enamels, now lost, thick eyebrows and cheeks enough relief, small mouth, moustache and bushy beard, strong neck, chest healthy. The head bears a crown of oak leaves in two lines, the characteristic element for the lord of the god. Forehead hair is long and curly with fine radial incisions. In the lower part of the figure a few laurel leaves can be seen. Regarding the floral ornament, it finds analogies in the Roman art at Rust, Trier as well as in Dacia; PL 6/7. Dim: H = 8 cm, 1 = 7 cm; DP: Mure? County; Dd: NHMT; inv. IV, 1910; Pop 1979, 645-646; analogies: Fleischer 1967, 161-162; Menzel 1966, 71, nr. 170; Pop-Matei 1978, 81, pl. III/l 1; Dating: 2ndcentury.
