A Statute Head of the "Great Mother" Discovered in Samothrace

IF 0.8 1区 历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY
HESPERIA Pub Date : 1996-10-01 DOI:10.2307/148438
Katherine E. Welch
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N 1988 a fine under-life-sized head from a statue (P1. 89) was discovered in Samothrace during excavations in the area of the Neorion, or Ship Monument, which is located on the West Hill of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods.1 This head probably belonged to a votive statue of the "Great Mother" (a goddess known in antiquity as Mother of the Gods, Kybele, and Magna Mater) in the same scheme as that represented on a series of Samothracian coins of the Hellenistic period (P1. 90:a). It is the only sculpture of this type to have been found in the Sanctuary at Samothrace, which was one of the most important places of worship of the Great Mother. It is also one of the finest examples of this sculptural type that has survived. The head is of white, fine-grained marble. It is quite well preserved, being broken in only a few places: horizontally ca. 0.01 m. above the hairline, at the tip of the nose, and at the back of the neck on the left side. The back of head and neck are flat and roughly dressed with a chisel (P1. 89:b). The bottom of the neck is carved into a fairly shallow tenon of triangular outline, which was inserted into a statue, now lost. On each side a long twisted lock of hair, carved free of the neck, extends from behind the ear to the shoulder. The hair is centrally parted and pulled back with a narrow, shallowly chiseled fillet. The brows curve downward toward the outer corners of the eyes, and the long, narrow bridge of the nose is flat with sharp edges. The small, full mouth is slightly open. The underchin is plump, and the neck has two "Venus rings". The head turns slightly to the right and has an upward tilt. The surface of the marble is finely finished. Evidence for the use of the point remains in two areas that would not have been visible: on the left side of the neck behind the lock of hair and on the bottom surface of the tenon. The flat surface of the back of the head and neck was dressed with a flat chisel. A drill was used to undercut the long locks of hair at either side of the neck; drill channels are visible at the intersection of neck and shoulder on both sides. The ear canals are drilled, as is the deeply indented area between the inside corners of the eyes and the root of the nose. The shallow tenon is dowelless, but the arms and feet of the statue may have been attached separately by means of dowels, judging from the large number of sculptural
在萨莫色雷斯发现的“伟大母亲”的雕像头
1988年,从一尊雕像上取下的一尊低于真人大小的精美头像(P1。第89页)是在萨莫色雷斯发掘位于大神圣殿西山的纽里翁(Neorion)或船舶纪念碑地区时发现的。这个头像可能属于“伟大的母亲”(古代被称为众神之母,Kybele和Magna Mater)的许愿雕像,其图案与希腊化时期萨莫色雷斯一系列硬币上的图案相同。90: a)。这是在萨莫色雷斯圣殿中发现的唯一一尊这种类型的雕塑,萨莫色雷斯是伟大母亲最重要的崇拜场所之一。它也是这种雕塑类型中幸存下来的最好的例子之一。雕像的头部由白色细纹大理石制成。它保存得很好,只有几个地方断了:发际线以上约0.01米的水平处、鼻尖处和左颈后处。后脑勺和脖子是平的,用凿子粗糙地凿过(P1。89: b)。脖子的底部被雕刻成一个相当浅的三角形轮廓榫,这是插入雕像,现在已经丢失。两侧各有一绺扭曲的长发,从脖子上雕刻出来,从耳后一直延伸到肩膀。头发中间分开,向后梳成窄而浅的圆角。眉毛向外眼角向下弯曲,鼻梁长而窄,边缘锋利。小而饱满的嘴巴微微张开。下颚丰满,颈部有两个“金星环”。头部微微向右转,并向上倾斜。大理石的表面加工得很精细。使用点的证据仍然存在于两个本不可见的区域:颈部左侧头发后面和榫头底部表面。后脑勺和脖子的平坦表面用一把平凿子雕刻。用钻削掉脖子两侧的长发;两侧颈肩交叉处可见钻道。耳道是钻孔的,眼睛内角和鼻根之间的深凹区域也是如此。浅榫是无榫的,但从大量的雕塑来看,雕像的手臂和脚可能是用榫分开连接的
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