Subiect: In the collection of the Haáz Rezső museum from Odorheiul Secuiesc / Székelyudvarhely there are some Roman sculptural monuments that we discuss in this article. The first monument is a fragmentary marble statuette depicting a goddess (Pl. I, Fig. 1 a-c), most likely the goddess Victoria, with an unknown provenance. The material from which it is carved is a very good quality marble. The statuette has been preserved fragmentarily, its arms, head and the lower part of the legs missing. Ichnographically, it could be related to the Nike of Antioch type, the statuette being without wings and holding a shield with an inscription or a imago clipeata above its head. The second monument is a fragmentary funerary lion (Pl. II, Fig. 1), which comes from the area of the Roman fort from Sânpaul / Homoródszentpál, (Mărtiniş, Harghita county). It is preserved in two pieces: a fragment from the head’s area and a fragment from the back of the animal being the first known funerary lion from the military forts
located in the central-eastern part of the province of Dacia. The third monument is a fragment of an entablature (Pl. II, Fig. 2 a-c), possibly from a Roman era building, which was found reused during the Migrations period at Odorheiu Secuiesc. The upper part, which still has little of its frieze preserved, contains the edge of a concentric circular decoration, resembling a pulvinium, followed by a triangular decoration with some representation inside, possibly a ceramic vessel. The fourth monument is a fragment of a votive altar (Pl. II, Fig. 3), recently discovered in 2018, in Odorheiu Secuiesc, within an archaeological research, reused during the medieval period. The inscription reads: Silvano/ Dom(estico) M(arcus?)/ Gem[---]/ [---]. It is the first epigraphic mention of the cult of Silvanus in this part of Dacia.
Limba de redactare: română
Secţiunea: STUDII ŞI CERCETĂRI DE ARHEOLOGIE / Archaeological Studies and Researches
