A ROMAN MARBLE STELE WITH ZEUS THALOS

PHRYGIA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE STELE WITH ZEUS THALOS
PHRYGIA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
In the form of a roundel, the god in relief with a beard, moustache and long curled hair, his arms folded, standing behind four frontally facing oxen with curving horns, a dedicatory inscription in Greek beneath reading: 'A(urelios) Zotikos to fa(ther?) Zeus Thalos dedicated (this?)'
14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high

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Private collection, Berlin, acquired 8 March 1968.
with David Ghezelbash Archéologie, Paris, 2012.
Private collection, UK.

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Georgiana Aitken

gaitken@christies.com +44 (0)20 7752 3002

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The dedication to Zeus Thalos suggests an eastern Mediterranean origin for this stele, as such dedications are found in a number of inscriptions from this region. Steles with busts of gods in combination with oxen, with the god named as Zeus along with a local epithet, are found in the later eastern Roman empire. There is a suggestion that the depiction of Zeus as a shepherd of animals shows the influence of embryonic Christian iconography.

PHRYGIA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

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