Antiquity Studies

Series | Antiquity Studies
Edited book | The Gift of Altino
Chapter | L’attesa della signora

L’attesa della signora

Le filatrici sulla situla della tomba 244 di Montebelluna

Abstract

The article examines the figurative situla found in tomb 244 of the necropolis of Montebelluna-Posmon (TV - Italy), one of the most recent discoveries of Situla Art, datable to the end of the VI century BC. The study focuses above all on the spinning scene which presents a unique subject for Situla Art and very rare in European protohistory: a pregnant woman. This scene allows us to shed light on the meaning of the entire story which, in the hypothesis, expresses, through the respective signs of power, the areas of competence of the two fundamental components – husband and wife – of a high-ranking family of the Venetians of the foothills band.


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Published Dec. 16, 2019 | Language: it

Keywords Iron Age • Situla Art • Lineage • Maternity • Spinning

Copyright © 2019 Angela Ruta Serafini, Luca Zaghetto. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-380-9/005


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