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A cruciform προμετωπiδιον (prometopidion) from Ancient Thrace

Yavor Ivanov

Mediterranean review, 2018-06, Vol.11 (1), p.1

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A cruciform προμετωπiδιον (prometopidion) from Ancient Thrace
Autor: Yavor Ivanov
Assuntos: Ancient Near East ; Ancient Thrace ; Archaeology ; Classical Period ; horse frontlet
É parte de: Mediterranean review, 2018-06, Vol.11 (1), p.1
Descrição: This article presents an extremely rare type of artefact discovered in a burial mound near the village of Gorski Izvor, Haskovo region, Central South Bulgaria (the ancient Southern Thrace). The object is a horse frontlet or prometopidion. We undertook an in-depth study of the frontlet and the complex in which it was discovered, and determined that it dates to the mid-third quarter of the 5 th century B.C. There is a single, unique parallel, which was discovered in southern Thrace and has the same chronology. We specify the origin of the two prometopidions, and the fact that Near Eastern ideas have been applied in their iconography. We also make a connection with the cruciform appliques from the same period found in Thrace and elsewhere. Their utilitarian function as horse frontlets is shown. Finally, we analyze the cultural reasons that led to the differences in the iconographic scheme between the prometopidons from Northern and Southern Thrace.
Editor: 부산외국어대학교 지중해지역원
Idioma: Coreano

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