Les petits bronzes du mont d’Uzore (Loire) : un désir d’Antiquité

Discovered about 1867 in Saint-Paul-d’Uzore (Loire), three bronze statuettes featuring Mercury, Harpocrates and an unknown god, are now part of the collections of the Museum of Diana in Montbrison. The iconographic Mercury type is very unusual for the area, and the other two figurines have character...

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Main Author: Jean-Claude Béal
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Language:fra
Published: Fédération pour l'Edition de la Revue Archéologique du Centre de la France 2015-04-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/racf/2213
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description Discovered about 1867 in Saint-Paul-d’Uzore (Loire), three bronze statuettes featuring Mercury, Harpocrates and an unknown god, are now part of the collections of the Museum of Diana in Montbrison. The iconographic Mercury type is very unusual for the area, and the other two figurines have characteristics that tempt us to view them as fakes, contrary to what was believed until now. Burial of these three items could be the work of a forger who wanted to support the theory of a mountain of Uzore dedicated to Isis.
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Les petits bronzes du mont d’Uzore (Loire) : un désir d’Antiquité
Revue Archéologique du Centre de la France
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Mercury
Uzore
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title Les petits bronzes du mont d’Uzore (Loire) : un désir d’Antiquité
title_full Les petits bronzes du mont d’Uzore (Loire) : un désir d’Antiquité
title_fullStr Les petits bronzes du mont d’Uzore (Loire) : un désir d’Antiquité
title_full_unstemmed Les petits bronzes du mont d’Uzore (Loire) : un désir d’Antiquité
title_short Les petits bronzes du mont d’Uzore (Loire) : un désir d’Antiquité
title_sort les petits bronzes du mont d uzore loire un desir d antiquite
topic Harpocrates
Mercury
Uzore
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