A portrait oil lamp from Pontes: Possible interpretations and meanings within early Byzantine visual culture

The subject of this paper is a fragmented oil-lamp, discovered at Pontes (east Serbia) dated to the 6th century, whose handle ending is shaped as a woman’s head. The question posed in this paper is whether the image of this woman could be identified as a portrait of some particular person o...

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Main Authors: Petković Sofija, Tapavički-Ilić Milica, Anđelković-Grašar Jelena
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia 2015-01-01
Series:Starinar
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0241/2015/0350-02411565079P.pdf