Gallo-Roman Bronzes and the Process of Romanization: The Cobannus Hoard / / John Pollini.

• Superior document: Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; 9
• VerfasserIn: Pollini, John
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2002.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; 9.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (196 pages)

This book constitutes the first comprehensive publication of a cache of eight bronzes from east-central Gaul. The types of objects and accompanying inscriptions suggest that these bronzes originally came from a sanctuary of a god named Cobannus. The first part of the book describes, analyzes, and interprets the individual objects, which are divided between the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Shelby White - Leon Levy Collection. The latter part of this work places the cache within a chronological, cultic, and cultural context. The Cobannus hoard is valuable not only from an artistic point of view but also for the information it provides on many different aspects of the religious, social, and political life of Roman Gaul. The book is lavishly illustrated, with 2 maps and 117 illustrations.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Chapter One. The Physical Evidence1 -- A. Objects in theJ. Paul Getty Museum1 -- 1. Portrait A1 -- 2. Portrait B3 -- Characteristics Common to Both Portraits A and B3 -- Differences between the Two Portraits5 -- 3. Money-Chest (Arca) with Ring-Key5 -- 4. Statue of Cobannus7 -- B. Objects in the Shelby White - Leon Levy Collection10 -- 5. Warrior-God A10 -- 6. Warrior-God B11 -- 7. Statuette of Stag12 -- 8. Ring-Handle Pail13 -- Chapter Two. Analysis and Interpretation of Individual Objects -Style, Display, Workshop, -- Dating15 -- A. Getty Portrait Busts15 -- Preliminary Technical Conclusions15 -- Provincial Portraiture and Workshop Styles21 -- B. Money-Chest (Arca) with Ring-Key25 -- C. Statue of Cobannus27 -- D. Warrior-God A31 -- E. Warrior-God B32 -- F Statuette of Stag33 -- G. Ring-Handle Pail (Olla Extaris or Situla)35 -- H. Place of Manufacture of Objects from the Cobannus Hoard38 -- Chapter Three. The Inscriptional Evidence 41 -- A. Statue of Cobannus43 -- B. Warrior-God A44 -- C. Warrior-God B45 -- D. Ring-H andle Pail46 -- E. External Inscriptional Evidence 49 -- Chapter Four. The Iconography and Roles of Servile Ministrants54 -- Chapter Five. Conclusions: Cultic and Cultural Context63 -- Dating of and Relationships among Objects from the Hoard and/or Dedicants63 -- Location of the Worship and Shrine of Cobannus64 -- Nature of the Worship of Cobannus67 -- The Imperial Cult and the Iuventus70 -- Romanization: Adaptation and Transformation73.