Attributes of the Mother of the Gods on Terracottas from Olbia Pontike and Asia Minor

Tetiana SHEVCHENKO

Makale detayları

Attributes of the Mother of the Gods on Terracottas from Olbia Pontike and Asia Minor

Yazarlar:

Tetiana SHEVCHENKO

Yayıncı:

Koç Üniversitesi

Ana Başlıklar:

Antik dünya tarihi | Tarih ve Coğrafya

Dergi:

Adalya 2019 Vol. Issue 22, pp.201-221

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000440356

Sıklık:

Yıllık

pISSN:

1301-2746

Özet:

 

This study examines local and imported terracottas
discovered in Olbia Pontike depicting
the Mother of the Gods seated on a throne.
Two of these were produced in a west Pontic
centre from a single mould imported from
northwestern Asia Minor, while the third was
produced in Olbia based on these two. In
the original, a lion cub was placed beneath
the goddess’s feet, while in the Olbian version
the cub was shown in the goddess’s lap.
Sphinx images were also included in similar
figurines as throne ornamentations. This motif
had roots in Asia Minor and the western Black
Sea region. Design peculiarities find parallels
in northwestern Asia Minor. On a figurine produced
from a Pergamon mould, the goddess
has seated sphinxes on either side. This style
originates in monumental images of the goddess
with sphinxes from Lydia and Cyprus. The
process of diminishing the sphinxes’s size, as
well as of their significance in the goddess’s
iconography, can be followed from south to
north in the 4th century BC, as such elements
become more decorative in Olbia and Callatis.
Versions of this simplified model began to
be produced in ancient Greek centres in Asia
Minor in the 3rd–2nd centuries BC.

Makale detayları

Attributes of the Mother of the Gods on Terracottas from Olbia Pontike and Asia Minor

Yazarlar: Tetiana SHEVCHENKO

Yayıncı: Koç Üniversitesi

Ana Başlıklar: Antik dünya tarihi | Tarih ve Coğrafya

Dergi: Adalya 2019 Vol. Issue 22, pp.201-221

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2019

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000440356

Sıklık: Yıllık

pISSN: 1301-2746

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Tetiana SHEVCHENKO

Yayıncı:

Koç Üniversitesi

Ana Başlıklar:

Antik dünya tarihi | Tarih ve Coğrafya

Dergi:

Adalya 2019 Vol. Issue 22, pp.201-221

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000440356

Sıklık:

Yıllık

pISSN:

1301-2746