2023-12-22 15:55:56
Napoli – Thirteen terracotta statuettestraces of a ancient rite, they emerge in Pompeii from an environment of a domus bordering the House of Leda and the Swan, where an excavation, restoration and valorization site is underway.
The small sculptures, about 15 cm each, as reported in the E-journal of the Pompeii excavations, are mainly figure umanebut there are also a walnut, an almond, a clay rooster’s head and a glass pine cone.
They were in an upright position on a horizontal surface inside a room where there was probably a shelf. The statuettes emerged from the lapillus at a height greater than 2 meters above the floor level.
The environment that preserved them, probably theatrium of the housealso had some decorations that had emerged for now in the upper part of the walls.
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The environment of the Pompeii domus where the statues were found
From the first studies, some subjects seem to refer to the myth of Cybele and Attisconnected to the life cycle of the seasons and the fertility of the earth and therefore to the spring equinox.
The ongoing construction site is affecting already known environments of the House of Leda (brought to light between 2018 and 2019 as part of the works foreseen by the Great Pompeii Project) and those of two domus, not better identified, which develop to the north and South of Leda’s House.
During the removal phase of the earth still present in some rooms of this, to reach the level of the floor level, a finely frescoed room where 4 roundels stand out with female faces of refined elegance.
The excavation is aimed at making the excavation fronts unsafe (perimeter between structures already excavated and unexcavated areas) and at safeguarding and conserving the decorative devices, also with a view to the public use of the complex.
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