A bone plate was discovered in Poitiers in 1986, during the excavations of a roman aera. On its face, there is a sculpted motive showing Amour standing on a chariot drawn by two bovines. This theme is well known in the classical and gallo-roman iconography, but rarely developped on such raw. The archaeological context indicates a datation betwen the end of the 2nd c. and the beginning of the 3rd c. A.D.Découverte à Poitiers en 1986, lors de la fouille d’un quartier d’habitations et d’ateliers, cette plaquette en os est dotée d’un décor sculpté représentant le dieu Amour conduisant un char tiré par deux bovidés. Il s’agit d’un thème connu de l’iconographie classique et gallo-romaine, mais rarement développé sur ce genre de matériau. Le co...
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International audienceContextual study of eighty-one representations of complete or partial chariots...
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This statuette originates from a farm in Laz township (Finistère) where it was on exhibition in the ...
The Romano-Gaulish terracotta figurine must not be regarded as a simple sta- tuette in the round. Wh...
International audienceContextual study of eighty-one representations of complete or partial chariots...
Nine statuettes were found in 1990 in a Gallo-Roman worship well in Châteaubleau. The stylistic anal...
This article is about ten statue heads recently found in the south of the Aquitaine region. They are...
Earth-moving on the site of the Hôpital du Blanc (Indre) exposed an unknown roman site. Large quanti...
Faunal remains in graves raise questions on the use of animals in funerary ritual. Based on a first ...
In 2007, before the construction of a car park, a large preventive excavation took place in Nîmes an...
The body of a foal sacrificed during the second century A.D. was buried with the head bended eastwar...
The Gallo-roman sculptures and inscriptions described here come from a collection brought together b...
Agricultural works carried out in a field located in the plain of the Corconne district (Gard) allow...
Parts in bone of Gallo-Roman beds. The article is an inventory of the wrought bone parts found in Ga...
Anthropomorphic stone statuary from the second Iron Age contains about fifty sculptures (including b...
During Iron Age rich burials exist in the South-Western France, but it appears that the accumulation...
During preventive archaeological appraisal in 2006 made in the municipality of Subdray, near Bourge...
This statuette originates from a farm in Laz township (Finistère) where it was on exhibition in the ...
The Romano-Gaulish terracotta figurine must not be regarded as a simple sta- tuette in the round. Wh...
International audienceContextual study of eighty-one representations of complete or partial chariots...