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GIARDINO 114—SCALA V. 1, 2
The suggestion that this fragment might belong to the statue Ga//.
no. 68 is obvious, but careful experiment has shown that it probably does
not.
Provenance unknown.
SCALA
V. TERZO RAMPANTE
1. RELIEF DEDICATED BY M. ULPIUS FRUCTUS TO SlL-
VANUS AND THE GENIUS OF THE EQUITES SlNGULARES
(pi. IOO).
H. -8 m., Br. -45 m. Luna marble. Unrestored.
Within a rectangular frame with a pedimental apex, the figure of
Silvanus standing to front with his weight on the 1. leg. It is the often-
repeated type of the god (see the list given by Peter, Z?<r. rzA), and
presumably represents his cultus image. He wears a wreath of pine
leaves on his head and has long, flowing hair. His beard is short and
curly. The eyes are rendered. He is nude except for a goatskin tied
on the r. shoulder and hanging down over the 1. arm. On his feet are
boots. In his r. hand he holds a pruning-hook, with his 1. the end of a
large pine-branch which rests against his 1. shoulder. In the of the
goatskin are fruits, including a pine-cone, apples, and grapes. By his r.
foot crouches a dog who looks up to the god. By his 1. is an altar on
which a flame is blazing. The inscription covers the pedimental apex of
the frame and is irregularly disposed to either side of the figure.
Moderate work of the second century A. D.
Found in 18*74 on the Esquiline near the angle of the Via Labicana
and the Via Merulana, between Piazza Dante and Viale Manzoni, in a
'large barrack-like' building (Jordan-Htilsen, i. 3, p. 354k
and note 32), doubtless identical with the barracks of the Equites Singu-
lars (cf. Jordan-Htilsen, z'3z'<A, p. 246, and Domaszewski, <rzA).
P. E. Visconti, ii (1874), pp. 182 ft., pi. XIX ; Wissowa, TAw. AA'A.
i. (1886), pp. 186 fF., pi. VIII; Reinach, iii. 200. 2; Domaszewski,
TV'?;;. AA^z-gr, pi. II, fig. 2, p. 53 ; Peter in Roscher, art. AfAazzMy, p. 826, fig. 1,
p. 864.
C. A A. vi. 3712 = 31180.
2. RELIEF OF A PRIEST OF CYBELE ^ (pi. IOO).
H. -99 m., L. -99 m. Luna marble. Unrestored.
On a square slab with plain mouldings, relief of a Gallus^ repre-
sented to below waist, within a recess that follows the outline of
i The identification as an Archigallus has been challenged by Carcopino
xl (1923), pp. 237 ff.), who compares the description of an Archigallus
byPrudentius with the epithets applied to theGalli by several ancient authors and with
the details of the present relief. It seems that the Galli, recruited from the lower orders,
maintained the ascetic look and wore the barbarous Phrygian dress which we see in this
monument; while the Archigallus, who was necessarily a Roman citizen, presented
both in face and dress an appearance more like that of a normal, and even of a distin-
guished, Roman.
GIARDINO 114—SCALA V. 1, 2
The suggestion that this fragment might belong to the statue Ga//.
no. 68 is obvious, but careful experiment has shown that it probably does
not.
Provenance unknown.
SCALA
V. TERZO RAMPANTE
1. RELIEF DEDICATED BY M. ULPIUS FRUCTUS TO SlL-
VANUS AND THE GENIUS OF THE EQUITES SlNGULARES
(pi. IOO).
H. -8 m., Br. -45 m. Luna marble. Unrestored.
Within a rectangular frame with a pedimental apex, the figure of
Silvanus standing to front with his weight on the 1. leg. It is the often-
repeated type of the god (see the list given by Peter, Z?<r. rzA), and
presumably represents his cultus image. He wears a wreath of pine
leaves on his head and has long, flowing hair. His beard is short and
curly. The eyes are rendered. He is nude except for a goatskin tied
on the r. shoulder and hanging down over the 1. arm. On his feet are
boots. In his r. hand he holds a pruning-hook, with his 1. the end of a
large pine-branch which rests against his 1. shoulder. In the of the
goatskin are fruits, including a pine-cone, apples, and grapes. By his r.
foot crouches a dog who looks up to the god. By his 1. is an altar on
which a flame is blazing. The inscription covers the pedimental apex of
the frame and is irregularly disposed to either side of the figure.
Moderate work of the second century A. D.
Found in 18*74 on the Esquiline near the angle of the Via Labicana
and the Via Merulana, between Piazza Dante and Viale Manzoni, in a
'large barrack-like' building (Jordan-Htilsen, i. 3, p. 354k
and note 32), doubtless identical with the barracks of the Equites Singu-
lars (cf. Jordan-Htilsen, z'3z'<A, p. 246, and Domaszewski, <rzA).
P. E. Visconti, ii (1874), pp. 182 ft., pi. XIX ; Wissowa, TAw. AA'A.
i. (1886), pp. 186 fF., pi. VIII; Reinach, iii. 200. 2; Domaszewski,
TV'?;;. AA^z-gr, pi. II, fig. 2, p. 53 ; Peter in Roscher, art. AfAazzMy, p. 826, fig. 1,
p. 864.
C. A A. vi. 3712 = 31180.
2. RELIEF OF A PRIEST OF CYBELE ^ (pi. IOO).
H. -99 m., L. -99 m. Luna marble. Unrestored.
On a square slab with plain mouldings, relief of a Gallus^ repre-
sented to below waist, within a recess that follows the outline of
i The identification as an Archigallus has been challenged by Carcopino
xl (1923), pp. 237 ff.), who compares the description of an Archigallus
byPrudentius with the epithets applied to theGalli by several ancient authors and with
the details of the present relief. It seems that the Galli, recruited from the lower orders,
maintained the ascetic look and wore the barbarous Phrygian dress which we see in this
monument; while the Archigallus, who was necessarily a Roman citizen, presented
both in face and dress an appearance more like that of a normal, and even of a distin-
guished, Roman.