Tank statue of Hadrian (Tel Shalem)
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The tank statue of Hadrian was found at Tel Shalem , about 12 km south of Bet She'an in present-day Israel . The fragments of the statue are now in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (inventory numbers IAA 1975-763 (head), IAA 1975-764 (torso)). The remains are about 83 cm tall.
The head of the statue, of which the torso and parts of the right arm are also preserved, is an outstanding work of Roman bronze art. The remains of the statue were found by accident in 1975 with a metal detector. This was followed by official archaeological excavations on site, which brought further parts of bronze statues to light. The place could be identified as the camp of the Legio VI Ferrata , which controlled roads here. The building in which the statue was found was the principia (staff building), where it probably served the imperial cult. But it is also possible that the statue was later deposited here with other statues. The statue's legs were not found on site. But the bronze head of a young man came to light, which obviously belonged to another work of art.
The statue was assembled from different parts. The head may have come from a workshop in Rome , Greece or Asia Minor . He follows one of the official types in the depiction of the emperor, especially when it comes to the curly curly hairstyle. The images on the breastplate are otherwise not attested to on any statue of the emperor. Six naked soldiers are shown fighting. It is likely a Greek, mythological or Eastern-Hellenistic battle scene. The ruler also wears a scarf and not a paludamentum (soldier's coat ), as is otherwise customary. There is also no protective emblem on the shell, such as a gorgoneion ( Medusa head ). The vine tendrils on the back are also unusual. It is therefore likely that the torso originally came from a Hellenistic statue that received a new head under Hadrian.
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard A. Gergel: The Tel Shalem Hadrian Reconsidered . In: American Journal of Archeology . tape 95 , 1991, pp. 231-251 , doi : 10.2307 / 505724 .
literature
- Gideon Foerster: A Cuirassed Statue of Hadrian . In: Israel Museum News 16, 1980, pp. 107-110.
- Cécile Evers: Les portraits d'Hadrien. Typology et ateliers . Brussels 1994, ISBN 2-8031-0118-1 , pp. 119-120 No. 51.
- Gideon Foerster: A Cuirassed Bronze Statue of Hadrian . In: Atiqot (English Version) 17, 1985, pp. 139-157.
- Richard A. Gergel, The Tel Shalem Hadrian Reconsidered . In: American Journal of Archeology 95, 1991, pp. 231-251.
- Paolo Cimadomo, Luca Franco, Silvio Paglia: Hadrian in Ioudaea. The Celebration of the Emperor Examined Throughout the Tel Shalem Bronze Statue . In: BABesch - Bulletin Antieke Beschaving 94, 2019, pp. 193-210.
- Blair Fowlkes-Childs, Michael Seymour: The World between Empires - Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East . New York 2019, ISBN 978-1588396839 , pp. 92-93 No. 61.
