On the chronology of Bosporan reliefs with representation of Cybele, Hermes and Hecate
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2023-1-10-21
Abstract
The article deals with the limestone dedicatory relief which was found in Gorgippia. It has the form of a naisk and depicts Cybele on the throne, Hermes with oinochoe and Hecate with two torches. On the cornice of the pediment there is a partially preserved inscription ΑΡTEΜΙ [---], apparently containing the name of the dedicator. As for the dating of the layer from which the reused relief comes, it was probably made in the early 3rd century BC. This allows us to reconsider the dating of other reliefs on the same subject from the Northern Black Sea Coast. Hitherto many researchers have suggested that these reliefs can be dated between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD. But analogies from the territory of Attica confirm the point of view proposed here.
Supporting agencies: This work was carried out within the framework of the Program of Fundamental Scientific Research of the State Academies of Sciences, State Assignment No FMZF-2022-0013 “The oldest heritage of the South of Russia: cities, rural settlements, necropolises, economic transformations according to natural science data”. We thank Cand. of Sci. (Cultural Studies) O.V. Galut, a head of the Anapa Museum Funds Department, for the opportunity to publish the relief and assistance in the work. We take this opportunity to thank senior researcher of the IHMC RAS N.A. Pavlichenko for consultation on the reading of the inscription.
About the Authors
V. A. Goroncharovskii
Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir A. Goroncharovskii, Dr. of Sci. (History)
bld. 18, Dvortsovaya Emb., Saint Petersburg, 191186
T. S. Tikhonova
Kubanarcheology Ltd.
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatiana S. Tikhonova
bld. 37/11, Kubanskaya Naberezhnaya St., Krasnodar, 350063
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Goroncharovskii V.A., Tikhonova T.S. On the chronology of Bosporan reliefs with representation of Cybele, Hermes and Hecate. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2023;(1):10-21. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2023-1-10-21
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