An inscription in Greek on a statue base preserved at Kos names King Herod the Great of Judaea as a benefactor. From the appellation of Herod in this inscription, it is pointed out that it demonstrates that he possessed Roman citizenship.
The lecture and presentation have been implemented in the circle "Religion and Money in Antiquity", taking place at the National Hellenic Research Foundation in December 2017. The full text of the lecture, as article, entitled... more
The lecture and presentation have been implemented in the circle "Religion and Money in Antiquity", taking place at the National Hellenic Research Foundation in December 2017.
The full text of the lecture, as article, entitled "Marmorgeräte rätselhafter Zweckbestimmung" und das Problem ihrer Deutung, is published in AA 2013/1, 57-84, and has also been uploaded in academia.edu.
The present contribution deals with a fragment of a marble statue group (Figs 1-4) catalogued in the Inventory book of the Sculpture Collection of the National Archaeological Museum under Inv. no. 7397. Preserved is the well polished... more
The present contribution deals with a fragment of a marble statue group (Figs 1-4) catalogued in the Inventory book of the Sculpture Collection of the National Archaeological Museum under Inv. no. 7397. Preserved is the well polished naked body of a youthful Satyr, securely identified by the remains of a tail on the waist, and the left arm of another, larger, figure, which passes behind the neck and leans on the left shoulder of the Satyr, holding a wreath. Although the group is said to be from Aydin (ancient Tralleis) in Asia Minor, my research has revealed that it comes from Hermione in the Argolid. Based on the preserved indications, it is concluded that the group Inv. no. 7397 was free-standing, smaller than life size. It was not possible to reconstruct the iconographic type of Dionysus/Bacchus, i.e. if he was standing or stumbling. Because of stylistic criteria the statue group, a high quality work of the Athenian workshop, should be dated to the Late Hadrianic – Early Antoninian Period.
The ten rectangular marble slabs originating from Athens and Eleusis form a distinct and self-contained group of monuments which it has not been possible to identify thus far. This study undertakes a systematic investigation based on a... more
The ten rectangular marble slabs originating from Athens and Eleusis form a distinct and self-contained group of monuments which it has not been possible to identify thus far. This study undertakes a systematic investigation based on a detailed cataloguing, and proposes an interpretation and dating of the marble slabs. The relief depictions, particularly of oil presses, and the chiselling of a margin indicate that the slabs served as covers for θησαυροί in which sums of money were kept that were undoubtedly connected with the production and sale of olive oil. The slabs can be dated to Late Hellenism and the early Imperial era; they were evidently linked to the wide-scale adoption of elements of Roman economic management which may be observed in various spheres at this time.
Die zehn rechteckigen Marmorplatten, die aus Athen und Eleusis stammen, bilden eine eigene geschlossene Denkmälergruppe und konnten bis heute nicht gedeutet werden. Anhand einer systematischen Untersuchung auf der Basis einer detaillierten Katalogisierung legt diese Studie eine Deutung und Datierung der Marmorplatten vor. Indizien wie die Reliefdarstellungen, vor allem von Ölpressen, und Abarbeitungen weisen darauf hin, dass es sich um Abdeckplatten von θησαυροί handelt, in denen Geldbeträge verwahrt wurden, die zweifellos mit der Produktion und dem Vertrieb von Olivenöl verbunden waren. Die Platten können in den Späthellenismus und die frühe Kaiserzeit datiert werden; sie standen offenbar mit der breiten Übernahme von Elementen der römischen Wirtschaftsverwaltung in Zusammenhang, die in dieser Zeit in verschiedenen Bereichen erkennbar wird.
