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

Year 2014, Issue: 17, 117 - 144, 01.06.2014

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.

References

  • Abbasoğlu 2000 H. Abbasoğlu, “Perge Kazıları”, Türkiye Arkeolojisi ve İstanbul Üniversitesi. O. Belli (ed.) (2000) 241-247.
  • Baudy 1997 G. Baudy, “Attis”, DNP 2 (1997) 247-248.
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  • Delemen – Koçak 2013 İ. Delemen – E. Koçak, “Perge’nin Yeniden Kazandığı Bronz Attis Heykeli. Konservasyon-Restorasyon Çalışmaları ve Arkeolojik Değerlendirme”, 3. ODTÜ Arkeometri Çalıştayı. Türkiye Arkeolojisinde Metal: Arkeolojik ve Arkeometrik Çalışmalar, Prof. Dr. Halet Çambel Onuruna, Ankara 3-5 Ekim 2013 (2013) 217-228.
  • Fejfer 2008 J. Fejfer, Roman Portraits in Context (2008).
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  • Hepding 1903 H. Hepding, Attis, seine Mythen und sein Kult (1903).
  • İnan – Alföldi-Rosenbaum 1979 J. İnan – E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträtplastik aus der Türkei: Neue Funde (1979).
  • Lahusen – Formigli 2001 G. Lahusen – E. Formigli, Römische Bildnisse aus Bronze (2001).
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  • Mansel 1973 A. M. Mansel, “Perge Kazısı”, TürkAD 20.2, 1973, 143-153.
  • Mansel 1975 A. M. Mansel, “Bericht über Ausgrabungen und Untersuchungen in Pamphylien in den Jahren 1946-1972”, AA 90, 1975, 49-96.
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  • Naumann 1983 F. Naumann, Die Ikonographie der Kybele in der phrygischen und der griechischen Kunst (1983).
  • Noreña 2011 C. F. Noreña, Imperial Ideals in the Roman West: Representation, Circulation, Power (2011).
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  • Şahin 1999 S. Şahin, Inschriften von Perge 1. IK 54 (1999).
  • Şahin 2004 S. Şahin, Inschriften von Perge 2. IK 61 (2004).
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  • Vermaseren 1977a M. J. Vermaseren, Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attisdique 3. Italia - Latium. EPRO 50 (1977).
  • Vermaseren 1977b M. J. Vermaseren, Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attisdique 7. Musea et Collectiones Privatae. EPRO 50 (1977).
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Dans Eden Attis: Perge Macellumu’nda Bulunmuş Bir Bronz Heykel

Year 2014, Issue: 17, 117 - 144, 01.06.2014

Abstract

1971 yılında Perge macellumunun doğu galerisinde bronz bir heykele ait parçalar açığa çıkarılmış ve heykelin Attis’i betimlediği belirlenmiştir. Antalya Müzesi’ne teslim edilen buluntular 2011 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi kazı heyetinin kararı ve TURSAB’ın desteği ile yeniden ele alınmıştır. E. Koçak tarafından gerçekleştirilen konservasyon ve restorasyonda, her aşama belgelenmiş ve müdahalelerin geri dönüşlü olması amaçlanmıştır. Kalça hizasındaki eksikliklerden dolayı, eser birbirine değmeyen iki parça halinde, fakat bütün bir heykel görünümü yaratacak biçimde ayağa kaldırılmıştır

References

  • Abbasoğlu 2000 H. Abbasoğlu, “Perge Kazıları”, Türkiye Arkeolojisi ve İstanbul Üniversitesi. O. Belli (ed.) (2000) 241-247.
  • Baudy 1997 G. Baudy, “Attis”, DNP 2 (1997) 247-248.
  • Bierwagen et al. 2003 G. Bierwagen – T. J. Shedlosky – K. Stanek, “Developing and Testing a New Generation of Protective Coatings for Outdoor Bronze Sculpture”, Progress in Organic Coatings 48, 2003, 289-296.
  • Born 1994 H. Born, “Analytisch-technische Untersuchungen an der großen Bronzestatuette des Attis im Rheinischen Landesmuseum Trier”, Akten der 10. Internationalen Tagung über antike Bronzen, Freiburg 18.-22. Juli 1988 (1994) 61-68.
  • Delemen – Koçak 2013 İ. Delemen – E. Koçak, “Perge’nin Yeniden Kazandığı Bronz Attis Heykeli. Konservasyon-Restorasyon Çalışmaları ve Arkeolojik Değerlendirme”, 3. ODTÜ Arkeometri Çalıştayı. Türkiye Arkeolojisinde Metal: Arkeolojik ve Arkeometrik Çalışmalar, Prof. Dr. Halet Çambel Onuruna, Ankara 3-5 Ekim 2013 (2013) 217-228.
  • Fejfer 2008 J. Fejfer, Roman Portraits in Context (2008).
  • Gasparro 1985 G. S. Gasparro, Soteriology and Mystic Aspects in the Cult of Cybele and Attis. EPRO 130 (1985).
  • Hepding 1903 H. Hepding, Attis, seine Mythen und sein Kult (1903).
  • İnan – Alföldi-Rosenbaum 1979 J. İnan – E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträtplastik aus der Türkei: Neue Funde (1979).
  • Lahusen – Formigli 2001 G. Lahusen – E. Formigli, Römische Bildnisse aus Bronze (2001).
  • Madsen 1967 H. Madsen, “A Preliminary Note on the Use of Benzotriazole for Stabilizing Bronze Objects”, Studies in Conservation 12.4, 1967, 163-167.
  • Mansel 1973 A. M. Mansel, “Perge Kazısı”, TürkAD 20.2, 1973, 143-153.
  • Mansel 1975 A. M. Mansel, “Bericht über Ausgrabungen und Untersuchungen in Pamphylien in den Jahren 1946-1972”, AA 90, 1975, 49-96.
  • Mattusch 1997 C. C. Mattusch, The Fire of Hephaistos. Large Classical Bronzes from North American Collections (1997).
  • Naumann 1983 F. Naumann, Die Ikonographie der Kybele in der phrygischen und der griechischen Kunst (1983).
  • Noreña 2011 C. F. Noreña, Imperial Ideals in the Roman West: Representation, Circulation, Power (2011).
  • Özdizbay 2012 A. Özdizbay, Perge’nin M.S. 1.-2. Yüzyıllardaki Gelişimi. Die Stadtentwicklung von Perge im 1.-2. Jh. n. Chr. (2012).
  • Ridgway 1997 B. S. Ridgway, “Roman Bronze Statuary - Beyond Technology”, Mattusch 1997, 122-137.
  • Sallustius Sallustius, περι Θεων και Κόσμου.
  • Simon 1997 E. Simon, “Kybele”, LIMC 8 (1997) 744-766.
  • Şahin 1999 S. Şahin, Inschriften von Perge 1. IK 54 (1999).
  • Şahin 2004 S. Şahin, Inschriften von Perge 2. IK 61 (2004).
  • Thomas 1984 G. Thomas, “Magna Mater and Attis”, ANRW 17.2.3 (1984) 1500-1535.
  • Turcan 1996 R. Turcan, The Cults of the Roman Empire (1996).
  • Vermaseren 1966 M. J. Vermaseren, The Legend of Attis in Greek and Roman Art. EPRO 9 (1966).
  • Vermaseren 1977a M. J. Vermaseren, Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attisdique 3. Italia - Latium. EPRO 50 (1977).
  • Vermaseren 1977b M. J. Vermaseren, Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attisdique 7. Musea et Collectiones Privatae. EPRO 50 (1977).
  • Vermaseren 1987 M. J. Vermaseren, Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attisdique 1. Asia Minor. EPRO 50 (1987).
  • Vermaseren – De Boer 1986 M. J. Vermaseren – M. B. De Boer, “Attis”, LIMC 3 (1986) 22-44.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

İnci Delemen This is me

Emine Koçak This is me

Publication Date June 1, 2014
Published in Issue Year 2014 Issue: 17

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Chicago Delemen, İnci, and Emine Koçak. “The Dancing Attis: A Bronze Statue from the Macellum / Agora of Perge”. Adalya, no. 17 (June 2014): 117-44.

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