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DÉNES GABLER AND ANDRÁS MÁRTON: Head-Pots in the Antiquities Collection
4 Inv. 99.33. A. Height: 20,7 cm; diameter of mouth: 5-5,4 cm; diameter of base: 8,2-9 cm. Clay: ochre (Munsell 7.5 YR 6/6); small lime inclusions. Brownish slip (Munsell 2,5 YR 4/6 5/6). Inv. 99.27. A. Restored from several fragments, supplemented in several places on spout and base. Height: 18,6 cm; diameter of mouth: 4,9-5 cm; diameter of foot: 6-6,2 cm. On the technique of production, see Flecker 2005, 1 14. u V Poulsen, Les portraits romains, II, Copenhague 1974, no. 198, 191-92, pl. CCCXXII-CCCXXIII, portrait of Constantine; H. P. L'Orange, Das spätantike Herrscherbild von Diokletian bis zu den Konstant in-Söhn en 284-361 n. Chr. Mit einem Nachtrag von M. Wegner, Die Bildnisse der Frauen und des Julian, Berlin 1984, 54-57; R. Delbrueck, Spätantiken Kaiserportraits, Berlin and Leipzig 1933, Taf. 26, 29; H. v. Heintze, Römische Porträt-Plastik aus sieben Jahrhunderten, Stuttgart 1961, 37, Taf. 45; J. Inan and E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor, London 1966, pl. CVIII.1-2. The representation of local negroid hairstyles is typical of Tunisian workshops. Similar hairstyles can be seen on vases representing a female head: see K. Parlasca, "Ein Büstengefäß in Damaskus Zur kleinasiatischen Bleiglasur. Studien zur Mythologie und Vasenmalerei", Festschrift für Konrad Schauneburg zum 65. Geburtstag am 16 April 1986, LIrsg. E. Bohr and W. Martin, Mainz 1986, Tai. 38,1. h The letters are hard to read because of damage as the flat clay sheet was bent round to form a spout: the T of the second line disappeared when the edges were joined, and the upper letters broke out when the rim was damaged. On the stamp, see Flecker 2005, 114. " Bibi.: J.-D. Cahn, Auktion 2. 26. Juni 2000, Basel 2000, no. 141, 45; J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, XII, Royal-Athena Galleries, London and New York 2000, no. 267, 95. Height: 22,2 cm; diameter of mouth: 5,7-5,9 cm; diameter of foot: 8,4-8,5 cm. 10 J. W. Salomonson, "Der Trunkenbold und die Trunkene Alte", Bulletin van de vereenging tot bevorderingder kennis van de untie kc beschaving te s-Gravenhage 55 (1980), 68, Anm. 2, 66, with further literature. " To the difference between the African and eastern Mediterranean pieces see Salomonson 1980, 66; Flecker 2005, 109. 12 Salomonson 1980, 67 (cf. n. 14), Utrecht BS 76.1, Cairo Museum, inv. 86635. 13 The pomegranate is a symbol of fertility cults. As such, it is connected first of all to the cult of Aphrodite, but played a part in funeral ritual as well. See A. Hochuli-Gysel, "Kleinasiatische glasierte Reliefkeramik (50 v. Chr. bis 50 n. Chr.) und ihre oberitalischen Nachahmungen", Acta Bernensia VU, Bern 1977, 91. Pomegranate garlands were used as an ornamental element on vases from almost every workshop; and were often used on their own as a simple ornamental element. In Pergamené ware decorated
