Once More about the Silver Orant from Gardun
Once More about the Silver Orant from Gardun
Author(s): Ante MiloševićSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Archaeology, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World, 19th Century
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: orant; Gardun (ant. Tilurium); Petar Pezelj; archaeological forgery;
Summary/Abstract: The silver figurine of orant from Gardun (ancient Tilurium) was acquired for the Archaeological Museum in Split in 1886. From the first publication on it to date, it has been dated and attributed differently in the literature. L. Jelić (1894) assumed that the figurine originates from the early Christian era, Th. Klauser (1959) thought it was a Roman cult pagan figurine, and M. Nikolanci (1989) thought that it displays the priest of Izida, or some other oriental cult. N. Cambi (2007) has designated it as an Italic-Etruscan ritual sculpture, and I labeled it as an early Byzantine Christian product (2007). Here, I argue that none of the previous opinions is acceptable since this figurine is actually a forgery made by blacksmith Petar Pezelj in the surroundings of Trilj in the last decades of the 19th century.
Journal: Godišnjak Centra za balkanološka ispitivanja
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 46
- Page Range: 203-214
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English