Equestrian statue of Octavian August (fragment)
Bronze.12—10 BCE. Inv. No. X.23322.Athens, National Archaeological MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
Equestrian statue of Octavian August (fragment).
Bronze.
12—10 BCE.
12—10 BCE.
Inv. No. X.23322.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum
(Αθήνα, Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο).
Origin:
Found in the Aegean sea between the islands of Euboea and Agios Efstratios.
Description:
X. 23322. Statue of the emperor Augustus (29 BC—AD 14). Bronze.
Found in the Aegean sea between the islands of Euboea and Agios Efstratios. The emperor is depicted in mature age, mounting a horse. He wears a tunica with a vertical purple stripe (clavus purpurea) and a fringed paludamentum decorated with a maeander pattern. Iconographic features of the Prima Porta and Actium types are combined in this statue. The right hand is raised in a gesture of official greeting. The hilt of his sword can be c n below the left hand, in which he held the horse’s reigns. On the bezel of his finger-ring a staff of divination (lituus) is engraved, symbolising the supreme religious office of Pontifex Maximus, assumed by Augustus in 12 BC.
12—10 BC.
Found in the Aegean sea between the islands of Euboea and Agios Efstratios. The emperor is depicted in mature age, mounting a horse. He wears a tunica with a vertical purple stripe (clavus purpurea) and a fringed paludamentum decorated with a maeander pattern. Iconographic features of the Prima Porta and Actium types are combined in this statue. The right hand is raised in a gesture of official greeting. The hilt of his sword can be c n below the left hand, in which he held the horse’s reigns. On the bezel of his finger-ring a staff of divination (lituus) is engraved, symbolising the supreme religious office of Pontifex Maximus, assumed by Augustus in 12 BC.
12—
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Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό roman romana romano romani römisch römische römisches römischen römischer romain romaine romains romaines αυτοκρατορικό imperial imperiale kaiserliches impérial ρωμαίος αυτοκράτορας οκταβιανός αύγουστος imperator octavianus augustus emperor octavian august imperatore ottaviano augusto kaiser empereur octave octavien auguste ιουλιο-κλαυδιανή δυναστεία iulio-claudia iulii-claudii julii-claudii the julio-claudian dynasty dinastia giulio-claudia julisch-claudische dynastie famille julio-claudienne julio-claudiens χάλκινο bronze bronzo bronzeo bronzen ἄγαλμα άγαλμα statua statuae statue statues statui statuen statuons απεικόνιση portrait portraiture ritratto ritrattistica porträtmalerei porträt of a man male maschile uomo männliches mann masculin un homme porträtstatue equestrian horse horseman rider equestre cavaliere reiterstatue reiter équestre cavalier cavaliere
military cloak mantello militare paludamentum inv no x.23322
