A Sard Intaglio with a Depiction of Priapus from the Acropolis of Olba

During the 2018 campaign at Olba (Silifke District of Mersin Turkey), a broken sard was recovered from a child’s grave. Its fragmentary condition renders identification difficult. Markings at the top suggest that it might portray a figure associated with Dionysiac worship; however, the iconography f...

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Autores principales:	Yavuz YEĞİN, Bruna NARDELLI
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Publicado:	Akdeniz University 2021
Materias:	olba ıntaglio turkey engraved gems priapus acropolis History of the Greco-Roman World DE1-100
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:819d8ccfdf734c5fa72b6963a400a3242021-11-19T12:43:09ZA Sard Intaglio with a Depiction of Priapus from the Acropolis of Olba10.37095/gephyra.10100591309-39242651-5059https://doaj.org/article/819d8ccfdf734c5fa72b6963a400a3242021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/gephyra/issue/63202/1010059https://doaj.org/toc/1309-3924https://doaj.org/toc/2651-5059During the 2018 campaign at Olba (Silifke District of Mersin Turkey), a broken sard was recovered from a child’s grave. Its fragmentary condition renders identification difficult. Markings at the top suggest that it might portray a figure associated with Dionysiac worship; however, the iconography fairly clearly suggests a representation of Priapus. The confident design and skilful modelling of the limbs, and the considerable formal rigour that combines classical style with a simplified rendering of the knees and feet characteristic of the Italic-Republican ‘pellet style’, allow the sard to be dated to the second century BC.Yavuz YEĞİNBruna NARDELLIAkdeniz Universityarticleolbaıntaglioturkeyengraved gemspriapusacropolisHistory of the Greco-Roman WorldDE1-100DEENFRITGephyra, Vol 22, Pp 209-218 (2021)
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description	During the 2018 campaign at Olba (Silifke District of Mersin Turkey), a broken sard was recovered from a child’s grave. Its fragmentary condition renders identification difficult. Markings at the top suggest that it might portray a figure associated with Dionysiac worship; however, the iconography fairly clearly suggests a representation of Priapus. The confident design and skilful modelling of the limbs, and the considerable formal rigour that combines classical style with a simplified rendering of the knees and feet characteristic of the Italic-Republican ‘pellet style’, allow the sard to be dated to the second century BC.
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title	A Sard Intaglio with a Depiction of Priapus from the Acropolis of Olba
title_short	A Sard Intaglio with a Depiction of Priapus from the Acropolis of Olba
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title_full_unstemmed	A Sard Intaglio with a Depiction of Priapus from the Acropolis of Olba
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A Sard Intaglio with a Depiction of Priapus from the Acropolis of Olba

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