Horseman basorelief

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Posted by Kranjcar
10 years ago
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This basorelief is carved in stone and represents a horseman that kills a serpent. I researched on the internet and I believe it might be a tombstone of a roman soldier. It is very heavy and is about 80cm long.
Category Other
Condition Excellent
Size and dimensions of this item About 80 cm long.
Weight 40-50 kg
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TraceyT 📚 Apprentice 10 years ago

Hello,

I'm not an expert...but is it St. George killing the Dragon/Snake?...it might help in your search if you try that path..:)
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Kranjcar 🌱 Newbie 10 years ago

Thank you for your answer,

I thought so too, but I saw that romans and dacians used to have such carvings as tombstones, so I figured that it might date from roman/dacian items. 
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TraceyT 📚 Apprentice 10 years ago

Hello :)
There is a lot of interesting information on this depiction. Here is just a small portion of info from wikipedia.. this image goes back a long time in history...:) Good luck!
 
 
 The earliest known depictions of the motif are from tenth- or eleventh-century Cappadocia[3] and eleventh-centuryGeorgia;[4] previously, in the iconography of Eastern Orthodoxy, George had been depicted as a soldier since at least the seventh century. The earliest known surviving narrative of the dragon episode is an eleventh-century Georgian text.
 
The dragon motif was first combined with the already standardised Passio Georgii in Vincent of Beauvais' encyclopedic Speculum Historiale, and then Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend (ca 1260) guaranteed its popularity in the later Middle Ages as a literary and pictorial subject.[6] The legend gradually became part of the Christian traditions relating to Saint George and was used in many festivals thereafter.

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