Gold appliqué with bacchanalia scene, 2nd - 3rd century AD · Syria, Roman · ID: 3050782
H. Hufnagel, Aschaffenburg, Germany (1979)
Description
gold plate, 24 kt., 2-3 g, hammered in repoussé technique from a thin layer of gold, script in late provincial Greek, on velvet cushion
Today’s Syria comprises a large part of the former Roman province of Syria, which was once an eastern border province of the Roman Empire.
The Bacchanalia of the Latin and Roman-influenced countries were not originally a Roman tradition, but only came about through cultural influence from the eastern Mediterranean, especially Asia Minor, and through mediation via Greece. Bacchus largely corresponds to the Greek god of wine Dionysus and the Bacchanalia to the Dionysia, which usually took place in March at the beginning of the new growing season.
Notices
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