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Venus or Diana from Mediana
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During the archaeological investigation of the villa with peristyle in
Mediana in 2011, a marble head, which may have been the head of a goddess,
was discovered. Her face and the treatment of her hair show that it may
represent a replica of a Hellenistic original. As far as is known, analogies
of female marble heads from Mediana show that it probably represented either
the goddess Artemis/Diana or Aphrodite/Venus. A hypothesis was made that the
head might have been modelled at the end of the 3rd century - 430 A.D. In
addition, a hypothesis was made that the base found in 2002, on which was
preserved a fragmented head and the tail of a dolphin, and the new found head
were parts of the same statue. If this is the case, then the statue can be
identified as the type of Capitol Venus, subtype Venus with dolphin.
Title: Venus or Diana from Mediana
Description:
During the archaeological investigation of the villa with peristyle in
Mediana in 2011, a marble head, which may have been the head of a goddess,
was discovered.
Her face and the treatment of her hair show that it may
represent a replica of a Hellenistic original.
As far as is known, analogies
of female marble heads from Mediana show that it probably represented either
the goddess Artemis/Diana or Aphrodite/Venus.
A hypothesis was made that the
head might have been modelled at the end of the 3rd century - 430 A.
D.
In
addition, a hypothesis was made that the base found in 2002, on which was
preserved a fragmented head and the tail of a dolphin, and the new found head
were parts of the same statue.
If this is the case, then the statue can be
identified as the type of Capitol Venus, subtype Venus with dolphin.
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