ROMAN THERMAE

Name: Roman thermae.

Name of the architect: Unknown.

Material and techniques: Mortar recovered with marble in the noble area, it was adorned with mosaics, reliefs and sculptures around the rooms.

Location: It is in the San Juan and San Pedro, 3 - 7 street, in Zaragoza, in ancient times, between the forum and the theater.

Dimensions: 9,7 m length, but was estimated that in ancient times it was 15,8 m.

Historical context: In the I a.C. century, it was made in the period of Tiberio.

Transcription: There is any transcription.

Been restored? When? Why?.... : It has been reformed in diverse occasions since it was opened.

Photography: http://www.zaragoza.es/contenidos/museos/museos_ccesp.pdf

Realized by:
Estíbaliz Sánchez, Helena Peiró and Lorena Tercero.

COIN - DECADRACMA OF SIRACUSA

Name: Decadracma of Siracusa.

Name of the artist: Unknown.

Material and techniques: It´s a coin of silver, and it was made with a method of minting.

Where it was made and found: We don´t know where it was made and found.

When it was made and found: It was made in the end of V b.C. century, we don´t know when it was found.

Dimensions: Her weigh is of 43,19 grs., 37,20 mm., her axle is of 6 h.

Description:

- Obverse: A cuadriga is running to the left, above it, Nike is fliying to the right for crown to the auriga. In the exergo, a military trophy, composed of shield, greaves, cuirass and helmet, and rest of the legend AQLA.

- Reverse: Head of the nymph Aretusa with a crown of junk, earrings and a necklace of countings to the left, she is surrounding by four dolphins; behind, SU - RAK - O - SI - WN, cut by locks of hair; under of the dolphin next to the neck, the firm of the engraver of the stamp, EU - AINE. Grafila of points.

Transcription of the inscriptions:

- Obverse: AQLA.
- Reverse: SU - RAK - O - SI - WN, which means of the siracusanes.

EU - AINE, which means good fame.

Historical context: In this period the republic was installed in Rome. The Medicals wars were produced. This period was very brillant in Athens, there were greats philosophers like Pericles, Socrates or Platon.

Thematic: It´s a piece of a daily life.

Where it is to be seen now: Now it is in M.A.N.M.

Photography: The photography is obtained of the museum of Zaragoza "Reflejos de Apolo", during the exhibition.

MOSAIC OF MUSE CLIO

Name: Mosaic of muse Clio.

Name of the artist: Unknown.

Material and techniques: It´s a technique of opus tesselatum.

Where it was made and found: It was found under the street Murallas Romanas and square Cesaraugusto, in Zaragoza.

When it was made and found: It was made in the II a.C. century, it was found around XX century.

Dimensions: Height 1,76 m., width 0,81 m.

Description: It´s a figure computing in a pavement of a triclinium in a huge house, called the house of Orfeus.

Thematic: It contains mythological subjects. Among them, it is partially preserved head of a faunus. There is a circuler emblem inside a square, and it´s angles showed representations of some muses. Clio with a tunic and diadem of pens, watches at the right and it respectively flanks by a style and wax small boards to write (diptychon), these symbols are normally associated with the muse Clio. The topic of muses can be interpreted as a reference to the arts in generic sense and the presence of Orfeus in another room of this domus, would reinforce this idea.

Where it is to be seen now: Now it can see in the Museum of Zaragoza.

Photography:
http://portal.aragon.es/portal/page/portal/CULTURA/PUBLIELECTRONICAS/PATRIMONIOCULTURAL/Museos/Museos/Caesar%20Augusta-%20la%20casa%20de%20los%20hispanorromanos_0.pdf

CUP WITH THESEUS AND THE BULL

Name: Cup with Theseus and the bull.

Name of the artist: Oltos painter.

Material and techniques: Pottery. Techniques of red figures. This decorative technique started around 530 b.C. and it replaced the technique of black figures. The scenes were drawn in red or were engraved upon fresh clay, over black background. This technique lasted until the III century.

Where it was made and found: It was made in Atica, we don´t know where it was found.

When it was made and found: It was made around 510 b.C., it´s unknown when it was found.

Dimensions: Height 14 cm, width 32 cm.

Thematic: Theseus, a civillising hero and an example of the Athenian ephebes, appears running behind a bull, as a nacked adolescent, wearing a myrtle wreath. Theseus, the mythical king of Athens, avercame the monster and offered it up as a sacrifice on the Acropolis of Athens. Theseus won to the bull in the labyrinth thanks to the thread ball of yarn that Adriadna had given to him, who was in love with him. This history is told in the seventh work of Hercules.

Where it is to be seen now: Now it is located in M.A.N.M.

Photography obtained from:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_iZ6CR08LX_w/R1h4njtX0UI/AAAAAAAAAV0/7yx4THEfTVI/Copa+con+Teseo+y+el+toro.%C3%81tica,+pintor+Oltos+510.jpg

STATUE OF DEMETER-CERES

Name: Statue of Demeter-Ceres.

Name of the artist: Unknown.

Material and techniques: It is carved in marble and gray limestone.

Where it was made and found: Is unknown where it was made, it was found in a Roman ville in La Malena, Azuara, in Zaragoza.

When it was made and found: It was made in the IV century a.C., more exactly in the third quarter of IV century a.C., it is unknown when it was found.

Dimensions: The height of the statue is 58 cm.

Description: It´s a headless statue, the head was decorated with a "spicea" crown, wears a tunic and "dorsal himation" hanging on the back. In the right hand it holds a "patera" with cocoon in flower in an offering attitude, and in the left hand it holds a knotted torch, so it is called "dea taedifera". Its feet are showed slightly below the dress. Demeter received a cult that people celebrated in the town of the Malena, a rural villa of controversial interpretation. The statue has spots of oxidation from the inner irons that served as a support for some parts of the statue.
Thematic: Demeter - Ceres was in classic mythology the goddess of agriculture, the cereals and the harvest. Goddess of the life in the field, she was identified with the Earth fertility, since she fertilized the fields and the scallop shell like the "carried of the stations". She represents the fecundity.

Historical context: The emperor Constantine ends the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. Rome decreased its importance due to its location for away from important provinces like Gallic, Hispania... The general prosperity fell in this period but problems arose from security in the empire by the invasions that are repeated forwards from 376 by the germanic tribes. These invasions marked the beginning of the fall of the western Roman Empire. In 378 the battle arose from Adrianopolis.

Where it is to be seen now: Now it is exhibited in the museum of Zaragoza.

Photography: It was made for me in the museum of Zaragoza.