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Document Details : Title: L'Iside Pelagia di Budapest Subtitle: Problemi di iconografia e di cronologia Author(s): CRISTILLI, Armando Journal: BABESCH Volume: 82 Issue: 1 Date: 2007 Pages: 201-206 DOI: 10.2143/BAB.82.1.2020770 Abstract : A marble statue in Budapest Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, perhaps from Pausilypon in Naples and probably dated to the middle of the 2nd century AD has been given a problematic interpretation as Isis Pelagia, whereas it is impossible to think that it was holding a sail in the hands. Instead, the statue must have been inserted in another base navigium-shaped, with a sail tied to the bow without the help of foot emerging from the plinth. Therefore, the Budapest statue would actually reproduce the Isis Pelagia type. Moreover two holes in the shoulders show its later transformation to a winged female figure, maybe a Nike. |
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