Son of the Flash, Worthy of a King. A Veneto Horse and its Harness
Proceedings of the Study Day (Oderzo, 23 November 2018)
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abstract
The studies on the harness of the horse from tomb 49, found in the excavations of the pre-Roman necropolis of the Opera Pia Moro in Oderzo, implied the need – more than ten years after its discovery and exhibition in the museum – to renew the hypothesis about the configuration of its pieces, and the opportunity to bring together, discuss and update the research in progress. The contributions in this volume investigate the context of the discovery, detail the operations of recovery and restoration, highlight comparisons with similar cases in the Venetian area and relations with the Alpine territory, and in particular with the Slovenian area (Most na Soči and Kobarid). Besides, examples of comparable iconography can be found in the documents regarding the Art of the situlae. The relevance of horse sacrifices in the ritual practices of the ancient Venetians is confirmed by the Oderzo evidences and by the burial of the horse in tomb 49 at the end of the 5th century BC, which belongs to a situation of growing cultural and economic relations and exchanges.
Late Iron Age • Reassembly • U-shaped snaffle gag • Animal remains • Cult site • Museum collections • Posočje (Soča Valley) • Cultural enhancement • Pre-Roman Veneto • Iconography • Alto Isonzo • Graphic recostruction of the bit • Bridles • Horse harness • Exhibition • Bites • Oderzo • Horse graves • Iron age • Horses • Excavation • Preroman Venetic necropolis • Mounds • Kobarid (Caporetto) • Restoration • Horse burial • Horse • Situla art • X-rays • Harness • Ritual burial • Iron Age • Preroman Oderzo • Iron Age cemetery • Graves