Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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202 D. PeTRUT-R. ZÄGREANU CATALOGUE21 1. Aedicula-stela (PL 1/1) a. Limestone. Relatively well preserved, the relief depicting the deceased is damaged (especially the faces). The base with the epitaph is missing. D: 90 x 67 x 43 cm. b. On the upper part there is a platform with a mortice (diameter: 15 cm) for the attachment of the coping. The type of the coping remains unknown. The triangular pediment is flanked by two pairs of acroteria, the field of the pediment displays an acanthus motif. The main relief field bordered by two semi columns contains the half-figure depictions of the deceased arranged in two rows. The upper row shows the images of three mature individuals: a woman on the left dressed in a palla, and two male figures on her right wearing paenullae. In the lower row two depictions of children can be distinguished. The right lateral relief field, contains the full figure depiction of a mourning woman (praefica) dressed in an ankle length tunica and wearing a Iulia Domna style coiffure. The opposite side displays the image of a waiting servant, represented as a young boy. He is dressed in a short tunica, decorated with two vertical clavi, and holding a jug in his right hand and a towel in his left, slung over the shoulder. c. beginning of the 3rd century AD, on account of the hairstyle displayed by the mourning woman. d. Found in Jibou (Sälaj County) in the Wesselényi castle. It was part of the Wesselényi-Teleki collection, its place of origin is very probably Porolissum. MJIAZ, Inv. No. 1051. e. Daicoviciu 1940, 324, fig. 22; Gudea-Lucäcel 1975, 42, no. 140; Teposu-Marinescu 1982,171, no. A 46, pl. XXI; Gudea 1989, 789, no. 105, pl. CCCI; Petrut-Mustatä 2010,185, no. 27, pl. VII. 2. Fragment of stela with triangular pediment and arched niche (PI. 1/2) a. Limestone. Only the upper part is preserved: the pediment and a portion of the niche. D: 60 x 45 x 17 cm. b. The upper part consists of an enclosed triangular pediment. In the field of the pediment a centrally placed (vegetal?) motif with volute endings can be seen. The corners outside the pediment are decorated with rosettes. Underneath the pediment a deepened arched niche, sustained by half columns, and decorated on its upper portion with a seashell motif. The spandrels are ornamented with pilaster motifs. The niche, at least on its upper half, seems to have not contained figurative decoration. c. First half of the 2nd century AD, on stylistic grounds. d. Porolissum, passim. MJIAZ Inv. No. 224. e. Gudea-Lucäcel 1975, 97, no. 160; Teposu-Marinescu, 1982,153, no. 223; Gudea 1989, 794, no. 151. 3. Fragment of stela with triangular pediment and arched niche b. According to the description of C. Daicoviciu, the stela in question belonged to the architectural type, with a medallion-shaped niche inside an arch. The busts of a man and a woman were depicted within the arch. D(is) M(anibus) / [Ius]tinae / [Ejutychiae / [vix(it) a]n(nis) XXXXV / Livius Rufus / dec(urio) coniugi / posuit / [b(ene)] m(erenti) p(osuit). c. Post 193 AD, after the settlement is granted the title of municipium. d. The piece was found in Sighetul Marmatiei (Maramures County), according to C. Daicoviciu, it was brought there from Porolissum. Lost, known from the aforementioned description. e. Daicoviciu 1940, 324, no. 2; AÉ 1944, no. 48; Teposu-Marinescu 1982, 123-124, no. S 86; Bianchi 1985, 278, no. 185; Gudea 1989, 772, no. 54. 21 The following criteria have been employed for the description: a. The material; state of preservation; the dimensions of the piece (D); b. Description, inscription; c. Dating; d. Information regarding place and circumstances of discovery, place of custody, inventory number; e. References. Abbreviations of institutions: MJIAZ: Muzeul Judetean de Istorie si Artä, Zaläu (County Museum of History and Art, Zaläu); MNIR: Muzeul National de Istorie a Romäniei, Bucuresti (National History Museum of Romania, Bucharest); MNIT: Muzeul National de Istorie a Transilvaniei, Cluj-Napoca (National History Museum of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca).
