Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)

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The Funerary Stelae from Porolissum. Typological, Iconographical and Epigraphic Aspects

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23. Fragment of funerary stela with medallion-shaped niche (PI. 3/23)

a. Limestone. D: 65 x 45 x 22 cm.

b. The fragment comes from the middle and left part of the monument. Only the first five rows of the epigraphic field are preserved. The text is bordered by a simple frame. Above the inscription field there is a curved border that marks the edges of the medallion.

D(is) M(anibus) / Aelia Ca[—]/ XERE[—] / cum Faces ADMO[—] / [—] VOOVED [—].

d. Discovered in the Roman necropolis from Ursoies hill. MJIAZ without inv. No.

e. Gudea 1982, 71, no. 4, fig. 4; AÉ 1983, 855; Gudea 1989, 775, no. 71; Petolescu 2005, 272, no. 715.

24. Fragment of funerary stela with medallion-shaped niche (PI. 3/24)

a. Limestone. D: 26 x 36 x 10 cm.

b. The fragment represents the upper right corner of a funerary stela with medallion. The frame is decorated with an elaborate vine motif, while the spandrel displays an acanthus motif. The niche is likely to have represented the portrait of the deceased.

d. Porolissum, passim. MJIAZ, without Inv. No.

e. Unpublished.

25. Fragment of a stela with enclosed triangular pediment (PL 3/25)

a. Limestone. Only the upper right corner is preserved. D: 35 x 30 X 32 cm.

c. Under the border a protome is represented in profile. Specific features are well rendered: face, eyes, ears, nose and mouth, the hair is short. The character is a representation of one of the four winds; he is shown while symbolically blowing air from his mouth.

d. Porolissum, passim. MJIAZ, Inv. No. 467.

e. Gudea-Lucäcel 1975, 45, no. 154, fig. 154; Teposu-Marinescu 1982,152, no. 218; Bianchi 1985, 278, no. 187; Gudea 1989, 786, no. 85; Bärbulescu 2003, 268-269, fig. 17; Chis 2003, 338-339, no. 8, fig, 4.

26. Fragment of a stela with enclosed triangular pediment (Pl.3/26)

a. Limestone. The right corner from the upper part of the stela is preserved. D: 30 x 16 x 16 cm.

b. Inside the field of the spandrel a Triton is represented. With his right hand he leads a trumpet to his mouth while he holds a paddle in his right hand.

d. Porolissum, passim. MJIAZ, Inv. No. 468.

e. Gudea-Lucäcel 1975, 47, no. 163, fig. 163; Teposu-Marinescu 1982,153, no. 225; Bianchi 1985, 278, no. 186; Gudea 1989,794, no. 154.

27. Fragment of a stela with triangular pediment and acroteria (PL 4/27)

a. Limestone. Only the top right corner of the pediment with one of the acroteria and an edge of the inscription field is kept. D: 50 x 65 x 25 cm.

d. Porolissum, passim. MJIAZ, Inv. No. 1724.

e. Gudea-Lucäcel 1975,43, no. 142; Gudea 1989, 787, no. 91.

28. Fragment of a stela with attic (PL 4/28)

a. Limestone. Two fragments are preserved; the first one is severely damaged. D: 55 x 44 x 13 cm (L); 53 x 63 x 12 cm (II). The first fragment comes from the central part of the attic. In the relief field from left to right we can distinguish: Amor leaning on his right leg, his left leg bent behind him. On the right shoulder sustains a garland, held with his right hand. The physiognomy is damaged. His long hair falls over the right shoulder to the chest. The left side of the wreath goes on the left shoulder of another Amor. In the middle of the garland, there is a rosette. The second fragment is part of the right end of the attic. The upper part of the relief and a consistent area of the field are broken. In the field, we can notice the left half of an Amor in the same posture and the same attributes as the one described above. A third Amor is placed on the right end of the scene. A garland appears from the left shoulder and goes to the right shoulder of the last Amor, after that it falls into a ‘basket’ supported by the horns of a bull. The bull is represented in motion.