Our ongoing research project at S. Omobono involves reconsidering all the archival material and carrying outnew excavations. The preliminary results that are relevant to the two phases of the Archaic podium are presentedhere, with particular reference to a deep sounding that in 2013 reached the levels below the water table for thefirst time since the 1970s. The new evidence shows that the original podium was an unusual construction interms of size, building materials and metrology. Combining our observations with a careful reconsideration ofunpublished archival material, it appears that the second phase was structurally limited to the addition of amoulding, which in any case did not involve the creation of a larger podium. The precise nature of this additionis still unclear, as is its relationship to the new cycle terracottas.*
The Archaic Temple of S. Omobono: New Discoveries and Old Problems
BROCATO, PAOLO;
2016-01-01
Abstract
Our ongoing research project at S. Omobono involves reconsidering all the archival material and carrying outnew excavations. The preliminary results that are relevant to the two phases of the Archaic podium are presentedhere, with particular reference to a deep sounding that in 2013 reached the levels below the water table for thefirst time since the 1970s. The new evidence shows that the original podium was an unusual construction interms of size, building materials and metrology. Combining our observations with a careful reconsideration ofunpublished archival material, it appears that the second phase was structurally limited to the addition of amoulding, which in any case did not involve the creation of a larger podium. The precise nature of this additionis still unclear, as is its relationship to the new cycle terracottas.*I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
