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K. Palágyi Sylvia: Terrakotta Venus szobrocska Balácáról

Terrakotta Venus szobrocska Balácáról 11 Irodalom: CSERMENYI 1980 Cserményi V.: Római kori művészet Pannoniában. IKMK 137 (1980). KUZSINSZKY 1932 Kuzsinszky В.: A gázgyári római fazekastelep Aquincumban — Das grosse römische Töpferviertel in Aquincum bei Budapest. BudRég 11 (1932) 5-423. LANGE 1990 Lange, H.: Römische Terrakotten aus Salzburg. Katalog zur Ausstellung im Salzburger Museum. Carolino Augusteum. Salzburg 1990. LIMC II Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae II/1-2. Zürich-München 1984. LIMC VIII Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae VIII/1-2. Zürich-Düsseldorf 1997. OROSZLÁN 1930 Oroszlán Z.: Az Országos Magyar Szépművészeti Múzeum Antik Terrakotta Gyűjteménye. Budapest 1930. OVIDIUS Fasti Ovidius, Fasti. Ford.: Gaál L. Budapest 1986. PÓCZY 1963 Sz. Póczy K.: A termékenység-kultusz terrakottái Aquincumban. BudRég 20 (1963) 241-258. RELIGIONS Religions and cults in Pannónia. Exhibition at Székesfehérvár 15 May - 30 September 1996. SZIKMK 33 (1998). SAPELLI 1997 Sapelli, M.: Restauri in Palazzo Aldobrandini a Magnanapoli. Le statue sulla balaustra. Ed.: Gangemi. Roma 1997. SZILÁGYI 1959 Szilágyi J. Gy.: Görög művészet a hellenisztikus korszakban. Művészettörténet 9 (1959). THOMAS 1970 В. Thomas E.: Itáliai Mater matuta votivok Dunaföldvárról. BBÁME 1 (1970) 19-35. UBELL 1902 Ubell, H.: Praxiteles. Berlin 1902. Terracotta Venus figurine from Baláca In 1982 at the excavation of 7/B trench of a Roman villa in Baláca a fragmented Venus figurine was found. The Venus figurine measures 12,2 cm in height, 3,55 cm in width and 4,1 cm in thickness. The figurine stands on a 2,9-3,2 x 3,4 cm pedestal. The height of the pedestal is 2,2-2,3 cm. The head and the upper body of the figurine are missing. Her waist and upper part of both legs are covered with a twisted shroud. Her right leg is bent at the knee and her left hand holds the shroud. The left and the right sides of the figurine preserve the fingerprints of the artisan. The figurine belongs to the standing, half-dressed Venus pudica category (LIMC VIII, Venus: 90, 95, 96). The majority of this figurine type originates in the „archetype" of Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos (UBELL 1902; SZILÁGYI 1959, 40). In considering the relationship of the figurine from Baláca with statues, it has similar characteristics to the Venus statue of the Roman Palazzo Aldobrandini (SAPELLI 1997, 42^13, 45). Assessment of the artefacts with which the figurine was found is not yet finished and this paper presents the preliminary results of the investigation. The pottery assemblage, which was found in the same trench as the figurine, can be dated to the II—III. century. (Inventory No: 2002.335.227-340 — Veszprém, Museum of Dezső Laczkó). The figurine may have stood in a lararium in the main building, probably with other bronze or terracotta god figurines, which were also respected by the residents of the villa. The appearence of the Venus figurine at Baláca raises the question of where such figurines could have been made in Pannónia apart from Aquincum. As Bálint Kuzsinszky succintly put it: In the II. century AD talented artisans who manufactured such figurines may have lived in different parts of Pannónia other than Acquincum (KUZSINSZKY 1932, 307). Apart from artistic skills, personal experience or models of figurines may also have been required in order to evoke the details of statues in a miniature form. Translated by Eszter Kreiter