A Roman funerary altar with military reliefs from Verona
The authors analyse a little-known funerary monument dating to the Roman imperial period preserved in the Museo Maffeiano, in Verona. The analysis of its lithotype indicates that the altar comes from the territory of this city, while the dedicatory inscription specifies that a freedman erected it fo...
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| description | The authors analyse a little-known funerary monument dating to the Roman imperial period preserved in the Museo Maffeiano, in Verona. The analysis of its lithotype indicates that the altar comes from the territory of this city, while the dedicatory inscription specifies that a freedman erected it for himself and his patronus. The first section contains an examination of the decorative apparatus carved on the altar's sides, where one can notice depictions of belts and offensive weapons of different typologies. The second section analyses the inscribed text, which, despite its simplicity, offers abundant food for thoughts. Of particular interest is the fact that the weapons and the inscription seem to belong to different periods. Therefore, it could be the case these kinds of weapons continued to be produced over a longer period than traditionally thought, or perhaps the stonecutter merged different models to create a symbolic composition wherein adherence to reality had little importance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c6a391e74de844a7b04e2b2b3a71d7492024-11-22T17:31:05ZengGianni Bussinelli EditoreStudi Veronesi2531-99492532-01732024-07-0190215234763A Roman funerary altar with military reliefs from VeronaMargherita Bolla0Alfredo Buonopane1Università degli Studi di VeronaUniversità degli Studi di VeronaThe authors analyse a little-known funerary monument dating to the Roman imperial period preserved in the Museo Maffeiano, in Verona. The analysis of its lithotype indicates that the altar comes from the territory of this city, while the dedicatory inscription specifies that a freedman erected it for himself and his patronus. The first section contains an examination of the decorative apparatus carved on the altar's sides, where one can notice depictions of belts and offensive weapons of different typologies. The second section analyses the inscribed text, which, despite its simplicity, offers abundant food for thoughts. Of particular interest is the fact that the weapons and the inscription seem to belong to different periods. Therefore, it could be the case these kinds of weapons continued to be produced over a longer period than traditionally thought, or perhaps the stonecutter merged different models to create a symbolic composition wherein adherence to reality had little importance.https://www.veronastoria.it/ojs/index.php/StVer/article/view/787pugiogladiuscingulumverona romanapatronuscil v 3791veronaetà romana imperiale |
| spellingShingle | Margherita Bolla Alfredo Buonopane A Roman funerary altar with military reliefs from Verona Studi Veronesi pugio gladius cingulum verona romana patronus cil v 3791 verona età romana imperiale |
| title | A Roman funerary altar with military reliefs from Verona |
| title_full | A Roman funerary altar with military reliefs from Verona |
| title_fullStr | A Roman funerary altar with military reliefs from Verona |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Roman funerary altar with military reliefs from Verona |
| title_short | A Roman funerary altar with military reliefs from Verona |
| title_sort | roman funerary altar with military reliefs from verona |
| topic | pugio gladius cingulum verona romana patronus cil v 3791 verona età romana imperiale |
| url | https://www.veronastoria.it/ojs/index.php/StVer/article/view/787 |
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