Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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The Funerary Stelae from Porolissum. Typological, Iconographical and Epigraphic Aspects 203 4. Stela with inscription field and coping consisting of lions (PL 1/4) a. Limestone. Well preserved piece, the lower left corner of the inscription panel is damaged. D: 197 x 75 x 25 cm. b. On the top side, two antithetically placed lions, with a pine cone in the middle. The inscription panel is enclosed by a frame with an elaborate moulding. Both the decoration and the letters bare the marks of a skilled stone carver. D(is) M(anibus)/ Eufemus vik(arius) / Peregrini vix(it) / ann(is) XXXV / Erastus con / servo posuit. d. Discovered in 1934, on the territory of the Roman necropolis. MNIR Inv. No. 54120. e. Daicoviciu 1940, 325, no. 5, fig. 23; AÉ 1944, 49; Teposu-Marinescu 1982, 107, no. 19, fig. 2; Bianchi 1985, 278, no. 181; Gudea 1989, 771, no. 50; Gudea 1996, 77-78; Petolescu 2005, 267, no. 699. 5. Stela with rectangular relief field and triangular pediment (PI. 2/5) a. Limestone. Only approximately the left half of the stela is preserved on the photograph. D: 90 x 35 x 13 cm. b. The upper part consists of a triangular pediment decorated with acanthus leaves. Underneath the pediment, a rectangular relief field with two busts in its left half. The right portion of the niche must have contained the bust of at least one additional person. D(is) [M(anibus)] / Ael(ia) Ver[ina? vi] /xit ann[is —] / PEIVAIV[—] /annis VXX. c. Second part of 2nd century AD, on onomastic grounds. d. Discovered during the excavation of the porta principalis sinistra of the fort on Pomet hill, by A. Radnóti in 1943. Lost.22 e. Tóth 1978, 31, no. 26, pl. VII; AÉ 1979, 497; Gudea 1989, 769, no. 43'; Petolescu 2005, 270, no. 709. 6. Stela with rectangular relief field and coping consisting of lions (PL 2/6) a. Limestone. According to the photograph, only the upper right corner was preserved. b. The coping consists of antithetically placed lions. Beneath the coping there is a rectangular niche with the partially preserved busts of two individuals. Considering the proportions, at least two more persons must have been represented. d. Porolissum, passim. In 1965-1966, the stela was incorporated into the wall of a house in Ortelec. The photograph was taken in that period by V. Lucäcel. e. Gudea 1982, 70-71, no. 3, fig. 3. 7. Stela with medallion-shaped niche (PL 2/7) a. Limestone. The left upper part of the stela is preserved. D. 54 x 56 x 26 cm. b. In the centre of the relief field there is a medallion enclosed in a laurel wreath. Inside probably the busts of a couple, of which only the woman dressed in г palla is visible today. The corners between the medallion and the edge of the monument are decorated with acanthus motifs. d. Porolissum, passim. MIAZ. Inv. No. 1019. e. Gudea-Lucäcel 1975, 42, no. 138; Teposu-Marinescu 1982,140, no. 159; Bianchi 1985, 278, no. 183; Gudea 1989, 786, no. 83. 8. Stela with triangular pediment and medallion-shaped niche (PL 2/8) a. Limestone. Initially four fragments were discovered, today only the upper left fragment is preserved. D: 150 x 82 x 17 cm. b. The upper part consists of a triangular pediment decorated with an acanthus leaf motif. In the centre of the relief field there is a medallion enclosed in a laurel wreath, containing the busts of a couple. The woman is dressed in a palla, which covers her head. The corners between the medallion and the edge of the 22 The photographs of the funerary monuments discovered by A. Radnóti, were published by E. Tóth (1978). These photographs along with the descriptions are for most of these pieces the only surviving sources.
