Research Article

Sectilia pavimenta at Iasos

Number: 15 November 9, 2022
  • Simonetta Angiolillo
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Sectilia pavimenta at Iasos

Abstract

In Iasos, a town only partially investigated and with a small number of mosaics, three pavimenta sectilia were brought to light, dating from the beginning of the Roman empire to at least the late 3rd century. While the lithostroton at the propylaeum and the one in the prehistoric necropolis belong to the best known type - a white tessellated floor in which polychrome marble or stone crustae are inserted - the third example, located in front of the east gate of the agora, has special characteristics. The white background is reduced to a minimum, the crustae are closely spaced and linked by one or two rows of tesserae and surround an off-centre pseudo-emblema, equally made up of a sectile.
The type of pavement of the first two floors mentioned, which are actually the later ones, is very common in Rome and throughout the Italian peninsula; it is known in the western part of the empire and is very rare in the eastern part. The third one, on the other hand, dated between the Augustan age and the second half of the 1st century AD, finds comparisons only on very few specimens, respectively, in Cremona, Lucca, Pompeii, between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD, and in Olympia in the 2nd century AD.
Faced with the almost total absence of attestations of this type of floor in the eastern Greek part of the empire and in the rest of Asia Minor, one wonders why, on the contrary, the craftsmen active in Iasos showed such a predilection over several centuries. It has been established that sectilia pavimenta were especially popular in Rome and throughout Italy; in Iasos the presence of numerous Italics who resided and worked there is epigraphically documented; also in the tessellated mosaics of the town, for example in the House of Mosaics, it is possible to identify some ‘Italicisms’ in the decoration and content, and even the presence of a cult dedicated to Heracles as protector of the town leads back to Italic environments.
All these elements allow us to think, in my opinion, that the presence of Italics in Iasos had important consequences on the cultural level, including a particular predilection for sectilia pavimenta.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Archaeology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Simonetta Angiolillo This is me
0000-0002-4093-6845
Italy

Publication Date

November 9, 2022

Submission Date

January 15, 2022

Acceptance Date

September 2, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Number: 15

APA
Angiolillo, S. (2022). Sectilia pavimenta at Iasos. Journal of Mosaic Research, 15, 49-58. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1143733
AMA
1.Angiolillo S. Sectilia pavimenta at Iasos. JMR. 2022;(15):49-58. doi:10.26658/jmr.1143733
Chicago
Angiolillo, Simonetta. 2022. “Sectilia Pavimenta at Iasos”. Journal of Mosaic Research, nos. 15: 49-58. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1143733.
EndNote
Angiolillo S (November 1, 2022) Sectilia pavimenta at Iasos. Journal of Mosaic Research 15 49–58.
IEEE
[1]S. Angiolillo, “Sectilia pavimenta at Iasos”, JMR, no. 15, pp. 49–58, Nov. 2022, doi: 10.26658/jmr.1143733.
ISNAD
Angiolillo, Simonetta. “Sectilia Pavimenta at Iasos”. Journal of Mosaic Research. 15 (November 1, 2022): 49-58. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1143733.
JAMA
1.Angiolillo S. Sectilia pavimenta at Iasos. JMR. 2022;:49–58.
MLA
Angiolillo, Simonetta. “Sectilia Pavimenta at Iasos”. Journal of Mosaic Research, no. 15, Nov. 2022, pp. 49-58, doi:10.26658/jmr.1143733.
Vancouver
1.Simonetta Angiolillo. Sectilia pavimenta at Iasos. JMR. 2022 Nov. 1;(15):49-58. doi:10.26658/jmr.1143733

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