A fragment of monumental Roman marble sculpture from the archaeological site of El Forau de la Tuta (Artieda, Zaragoza, Spain)

Asensio-Esteban, J.- Ángel, Angás-Pajas, J., Uribe-Agudo, P., Íñiguez-Berrozpe, L., Navarro-Caballero, M., Lapuente-Mercadal, M.-P., Cuchí-Oterino, J.-A., & Magallón-Botaya, M.- Ángeles. (2023). Un fragmento de escultura monumental romana en mármol procedente del yacimiento de El Forau de la Tuta (Artieda, Jacetania, Zaragoza). Cuadernos De Arqueología De La Universidad De Navarra, 31, 249-296. https://doi.org/10.15581/012.31.013

This paper deals with the archeometric and archaeological study of a tiny fragment of Roman monumental sculpture from the urban settlement of El Forau de la Tuta (Artieda, Zaragoza, Spain). This item, made of Luni-Carrara marble, represents a
human left hand bearing a patera umbilicata belonging to a large-format statue, datable probably between the second half of the 1st and the beginning of the 2nd centuries, which would have been originally located in a public building, possibly a temple, of the city forum. According to the preserved iconographic parallels, we think that this statue would have been an Imperial Cult image, hypothetically a Lar Augusti or a Genius Augusti.

Keywords: Monumental Roman Sculpture, High Roman Empire, El Forau de la Tuta (Artieda), Hispania Citerior Tarraconesis, Imperial Cult, Luni-Carrara Marble, Archaeometry, Geometric Documentation.

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