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Hermes-like statuette dedicated to Hosion kai Dikaion, Adana Regional Museum. ()
Hermes-like Statuette Dedicated to Hosion Kai Dikaion
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 271
- Date
- 2nd or 3rd C. AD, Roman
- Museum
- Adana Archaeological Museum
- Museum Inventory No.
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Uninv. R2, Cat. 271
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Human Figure, Draped Man, Votive Relief
- Inscription Text
Θείῳ Ὁσίῳ χαὶ Διχαίω Γ.Ι. Ἀνείκητος εὐχήν Προνονίαντος Ἀμ- φιλόχου β ἱερέως
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis?
- Findspot
- According to O.A. Taşyürek, Director, Adana Regional Museum, alleged by the dealer to have come from Sardis.
- Description
The figure wears a girt tunic with a chlamys fastened over the r. shoulder and falling down to his feet in back. There is a circular pillar at the l. leg. He holds a caduceus with the lowered l. hand. On the front of the base there is a Greek inscription of four lines:
I do not know of any dedications to Hosion kai Dikaion found at Sardis, but they are very common in the region farther S around Kula (cf. Cat. 265 Fig. 455; also Robert, Nouvelles Inscriptions, 35, and his treatment of the cult). The provenance from Sardis, therefore, seems doubtful. The rustic style, too, is more like that of eastern Lydia.
- Condition
- Marble. Head missing. Lower r. arm lost (was dowelled on).
- Dimensions
- H. 0.59. Base: H. 0.12; W. 0.245.
- Comments
- This piece is from another site in Lydia, but in the past, it has been mistakenly attributed to Sardis.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- The statuette and its inscription are published by G. Petzl in the Festschrift for K.F. Dorner (Petzl, Vier Inschriften aus Lydien II). I am indebted to C.H. Greenewalt, Jr. for showing me a photograph and to O.A. Taşyürek for kindly sending photographs and a dimensioned drawing.
- Author
- NHR