Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/1. (2011)
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278 I. BoDA-Cs. Szabó From Dacia we know a single representation of Iuno Dolichena (Fig. 4), a votive plate from Porolissum, where Iuppiter Dolichenus appears with his companion and acolytes. The piece has a broad blade. On the upper side of this, corresponding to the planetary images, there are seven round orifices, through which probably a bronze plate with inscriptions was fixed, or certain ‘sacred’ days were being marked. In the superior field the main characters, IOMD and Iuno are shown, companions of Luna and Sol, two altars and an eagle. In the upper left corner is Sol. The bust appears in the shape of a semicircle, the head surrounded by a halo. In the upper right corner is Luna. On her semicircular bust a crescent is distinguished. IOMD is standing. Her long hair is combed, falling sideways. The upper part of the body is nude. A mantle falls over her left shoulder. In the right hand, stretched downwards she holds a mirror, leaning on an altar. Iuno is also standing; her head exceeds the upper limit of the field. Her hair is combed; elements of the face are not distinguished. In the lower part long clothes are distinguished. Over these clothes a mantle appears, thrown over the left shoulder. In her right hand she holds a mirror leaning on an altar. Between the two persons stands an eagle in resting position, with wings unfolded, the head is raised with the beak upwards, looking at IOMD (Gudea-Tamba 2001, Moigrad, Roman city, sector LM, building LM 1-S, room b., MIAZ, Inv C.C. 230/2000). Other analogies of this iconographic type we can find in the Dolichenian thesaurus in the sanctuary from Mauer an der Url, where the paredra of the god appears in the company of several gods or heroes (Noll 1980, 44-49, fig. 15-17, Speidel 25, fig. 11) that were part of the Dolichenian myth - Apollo, Luna, Sol, Castores, Isis, Serapis (Fig. 5). Fig. 4. Votive relief from Porolissum Fig. 5. Votive triangle from Mauer an der Url (after Gudea-Tamba 2001). (after Noll 1980). The stag also appears in the iconography of the Dolichenian cult associated to a Syrian Baal, probably from Commagene: Iuppiter Turmasgades. The god - considered an avatar of Iuppiter Dolichenus (Gilliam 1974, 309-314; Nemeti 2005, 235-238) - is known only through a few inscriptions and representations, especially outside the area of origin, associated almost always with Dolichenian dedications (Rome, Micia, Romula, Dura Europos, Trier, Caesarea Maritima). The god is shown in the form of an eagle, holding a bay leaf crown in its beak, subduing
