The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum / Agora of Perge

Number: 17 June 1, 2014
  • İnci Delemen
  • Emine Koçak
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The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum / Agora of Perge

Abstract

In Perge where marble sculptures have been so bountiful as to provide Antalya Museum with the main body of its collections, bronze statues are rarely encountered. Most of the evidence that bears witness to their existence goes no further than stray fragments or marks on stone bases. Exceptional in this respect is the fragmentary Attis statue discovered in 1971. After a preliminary cleaning and conservation, the head belonging to this fragmentary find was put on display, but the rest have been kept in the depot in Antalya Museum inv. 3877 . Finally in 2011, Istanbul University Perge team decided on the conservation and the re-erection of the statue. The outcome of this decision and of the work henceforth carried out by E. Koçak with the sponsorship of TURSAB can now be viewed on the second floor of the museum.

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

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Authors

İnci Delemen This is me

Emine Koçak This is me

Publication Date

June 1, 2014

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Published in Issue

Year 2014 Number: 17

APA
Delemen, İ., & Koçak, E. (2014). The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum / Agora of Perge. Adalya, 17, 117-144. https://izlik.org/JA66LA74WP
AMA
1.Delemen İ, Koçak E. The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum / Agora of Perge. Adalya. 2014;(17):117-144. https://izlik.org/JA66LA74WP
Chicago
Delemen, İnci, and Emine Koçak. 2014. “The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum Agora of Perge”. Adalya, nos. 17: 117-44. https://izlik.org/JA66LA74WP.
EndNote
Delemen İ, Koçak E (June 1, 2014) The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum / Agora of Perge. Adalya 17 117–144.
IEEE
[1]İ. Delemen and E. Koçak, “The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum / Agora of Perge”, Adalya, no. 17, pp. 117–144, June 2014, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA66LA74WP
ISNAD
Delemen, İnci - Koçak, Emine. “The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum Agora of Perge”. Adalya. 17 (June 1, 2014): 117-144. https://izlik.org/JA66LA74WP.
JAMA
1.Delemen İ, Koçak E. The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum / Agora of Perge. Adalya. 2014;:117–144.
MLA
Delemen, İnci, and Emine Koçak. “The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum Agora of Perge”. Adalya, no. 17, June 2014, pp. 117-44, https://izlik.org/JA66LA74WP.
Vancouver
1.İnci Delemen, Emine Koçak. The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum / Agora of Perge. Adalya [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 1;(17):117-44. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA66LA74WP

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