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Votive plaque with bust of Ares
Roman
Imperial Period
Probably A.D. 25 or 135
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter (max.): 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.352
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionMedallic plaque raised from a sheet of silver, with bust of Ares, wearing a two-layered leather corselet, with a dagger strapped at his side, and a crested helmet; rim made separately; Greek dedicatory inscription, divided in two parts on each side of the bust; second Greek inscription running around the rim. Intact, but areas of loss and restoration, especially impacting the inscriptions.
ProvenanceSaid to have been found at “Seki Bazar,” Turkey [see note 1]. By 1930, Jacob Hirsch (dealer; b. 1874 - d. 1955), Munich; December 7, 1957, Jacob Hirsch sale, Adolph Hess AG, Lucerne, lot 61 to William H. Schab (dealer; b. 1888 - d. 1975), New York; 1958, sold by Schab to the MFA for $2,000 [see note 2]. (Accession date: April 10, 1958)
NOTES:
[1] According to P. Jacobsthal and A. H. Jones, “A Silver Find from South-West Asia Minor,” Journal of Roman Studies 30 (1940), pp. 16-31. The two plaques (see MFA 58.352) are said to have been “found at Seki Bazar between Makli (sic) and Elmali,” probably meaning between Fethiye (Makri) and Elmali. The authors identified the place as the “village of Sekia, four miles north of the site of Oinoanda.” The inscription on the plaque mentions “Myangla,” although the ancient place has not yet been located with certainty (see D. Rousset, De Lycie en Cabalide (2010), nos. 13-14).
[2] This is the total price of 58.351-58.352.
NOTES:
[1] According to P. Jacobsthal and A. H. Jones, “A Silver Find from South-West Asia Minor,” Journal of Roman Studies 30 (1940), pp. 16-31. The two plaques (see MFA 58.352) are said to have been “found at Seki Bazar between Makli (sic) and Elmali,” probably meaning between Fethiye (Makri) and Elmali. The authors identified the place as the “village of Sekia, four miles north of the site of Oinoanda.” The inscription on the plaque mentions “Myangla,” although the ancient place has not yet been located with certainty (see D. Rousset, De Lycie en Cabalide (2010), nos. 13-14).
[2] This is the total price of 58.351-58.352.