{"id":6463,"date":"2026-01-14T13:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/?p=6463"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:25:19","slug":"exponatul-lunii-ianuarie-2026-afrodita-cea-modesta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/exponatul-lunii-ianuarie-2026-afrodita-cea-modesta\/","title":{"rendered":"Exponatul lunii ianuarie 2026 – \u201eAfrodita cea modest\u0103\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Muzeul de Istorie Na\u021bional\u0103 \u0219i Arheologie Constan\u021ba continu\u0103, \u00een anul 2026, demersul de valorificare a patrimoniului cultural \u0219i arheologic al \u021binutului istro-pontic prin proiectul muzeal \u201eExponatul lunii\u201d<\/strong>, dedicat prezent\u0103rii unor piese deosebite, mai mult sau mai pu\u021bin cunoscute, din colec\u021biile muzeale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cencep\u00e2nd cu luna ianuarie 2026, \u201eExponatul lunii\u201d este prezentat publicului \u00eentr-un spa\u021biu special amenajat, \u00een incinta Edificiului Roman cu Mozaic, \u00eenso\u021bit de un panou informativ detaliat, oferind vizitatorilor o perspectiv\u0103 documentat\u0103 \u0219i captivant\u0103 asupra piesei alese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exponatul lunii ianuarie este un fragment de statuet\u0103 feminin\u0103 din marmur\u0103, descoperit \u00een municipiul Constan\u021ba, ce poate fi admirat \u00een perioada 15 ianuarie \u2013 15 februarie 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eAfrodita cea modest\u0103\u201d. Statuet\u0103 de marmur\u0103, sec. II p. Chr., descoperit\u0103 la Tomis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucr\u0103rile ample de infrastructur\u0103 desf\u0103\u0219urate \u00een perioada 2012\u20132014 \u00een zona peninsular\u0103 a Constan\u021bei au prilejuit unul dintre momentele importante ale cercet\u0103rii arheologice a anticului Tomis. La 11 iulie 2013, pe strada Traian, \u00een apropierea intersec\u021biei cu strada Petru Rare\u0219, a fost descoperit un fragment de statuet\u0103 feminin\u0103 din marmur\u0103, una dintre descoperirile remarcabile ale acelor ani. Contextul arheologic nu a mai putut fi reconstituit, stratigrafia fiind deranjat\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 la ad\u00e2ncimea de 2 m, nivel la care a fost identificat\u0103 piesa. Fragmentul a fost, cel mai probabil, antrenat de construc\u021biile din epocile ulterioare, de distrugerile de la sf\u00e2r\u0219itul secolului al VI-lea \u2013 \u00eenceputul secolului al VII-lea p.Chr. sau de interven\u021bii constructive ulterioare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statueta, realizat\u0103 din marmur\u0103 alb\u0103 cu cristale mari, este p\u0103strat\u0103 ast\u0103zi doar printr-un fragment din zona central\u0103 a corpului. \u00cen forma sa ini\u021bial\u0103, piesa avea aproape un metru \u00een\u0103l\u021bime. Chiar \u0219i \u00een starea actual\u0103, se remarc\u0103 aten\u021bia deosebit\u0103 acordat\u0103 detaliilor sculpturale. Pentru a reda forma original\u0103 \u0219i a integra fragmentele foarte mici recuperate la descoperire, speciali\u0219tii muzeului au realizat o reconstituire par\u021bial\u0103 a drapajului, din gips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pozi\u021bia corpului \u0219i modul de purtare a ve\u0219m\u00e2ntului indic\u0103 reprezentarea zei\u021bei Afrodita, divinitate a frumuse\u021bii \u0219i protectoare a navigatorilor. Sculptura se \u00eenscrie \u00een tipuri iconografice extrem de populare \u00een Antichitate, precum \u201eAfrodita n\u0103sc\u00e2ndu-se din mare\u201d sau \u201eAfrodita ie\u0219ind din baie\u201d. \u00cen ambele variante, zei\u021ba \u00eembin\u0103 elegan\u021ba cu un gest de modestie, acoperindu-\u0219i par\u021bial trupul. Fragmentul nu permite reconstituirea exact\u0103 a pozi\u021biei bra\u021belor, care, \u00een unele reprezent\u0103ri, ascund pieptul \u0219i zona pubian\u0103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ve\u0219m\u00e2ntul, l\u0103sat s\u0103 alunece sub nivelul bazinului, eviden\u021biaz\u0103 linia corpului \u0219i gestul delicat prin care zei\u021ba \u00ee\u0219i p\u0103streaz\u0103 pudoarea. Postura sugereaz\u0103 sprijinul pe piciorul drept, cu cel st\u00e2ng u\u0219or retras, iar drapajul dispus simetric \u2013 o formul\u0103 frecvent \u00eent\u00e2lnit\u0103 \u00een reprezent\u0103rile elenistice, reluate \u0219i reinterpretate \u00een epoca roman\u0103. Un exemplu ilustrativ este statueta din fosta colec\u021bie Ingenheim, p\u0103strat\u0103 ast\u0103zi la Berlin, datat\u0103 \u00een secolul al II-lea p.Chr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Realizat\u0103 din marmur\u0103 importat\u0103, cel mai probabil din Insula Thassos, statueta de la Tomis ar fi putut fi lucrat\u0103 \u00eentr-un atelier local sau adus\u0103 din alte centre artistice importante ale lumii antice. Descoperiri similare, at\u00e2t la Tomis, c\u00e2t \u0219i \u00een alte a\u0219ez\u0103ri din zona Dun\u0103rii de Jos, atest\u0103 circula\u021bia intens\u0103 a obiectelor de art\u0103 \u00een aceast\u0103 regiune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chiar \u0219i fragmentar\u0103, \u201eAfrodita cea modest\u0103\u201d, care a decorat c\u00e2ndva o locuin\u021b\u0103 sau o gr\u0103din\u0103 din Tomis, r\u0103m\u00e2ne o m\u0103rturie elegant\u0103 a gustului artistic antic \u0219i a modului \u00een care lumea roman\u0103 a integrat modele culturale \u0219i mitologice din \u00eentregul spa\u021biu mediteranean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Modest Aphrodite\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marble statuette discovered at Tomis, dating from the 2nd century AD.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The extensive infrastructure works carried out between 2012 and 2014 in the peninsula area of Constan\u021ba provided an important opportunity for archaeological research into ancient Tomis. On July 11, 2013, on Traian Street, near its intersection with Petru Rare\u0219 Street, a fragment of a female marble statuette was discovered, one of the most remarkable finds of those years. The archaeological context could no longer be reconstructed, as the stratigraphy had been disturbed down to a depth of 2 m, the level at which the piece was found. The fragment was most likely displaced by later construction activities, by the destruction events at the end of the 6th century \u2013 beginning of the 7th century AD, or by subsequent interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statuette, carved from coarse grained white marble, is today preserved only as a fragment of the central part of the body. In its original form, the piece was almost one meter tall. Even in its current condition, the careful attention paid to sculptural detail is evident. In order to suggest the original appearance and to integrate the very small fragments recovered during excavation, museum specialists carried out a partial reconstruction of the drapery in plaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The position of the body and the manner in which the garment is worn indicate that the figure represents the goddess Aphrodite, a divinity of beauty and protector of sailors. The sculpture belongs to iconographic types that were extremely popular in Antiquity, such as \u2018Aphrodite rising from the sea\u2019 or \u2018Aphrodite emerging from the bath\u2019. In both variants, the goddess combines elegance with a gesture of modesty, partially covering her body. The fragment does not allow for an exact reconstruction of the position of the arms, which in some representations conceal the chest and the pubic area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The garment, slipping below the level of the hips, emphasizes the line of the body and the delicate gesture through which the goddess preserves her modesty. The posture suggests that the weight rested on the right leg, with the left slightly drawn back, and the drapery arranged symmetrically, a formula frequently encountered in Hellenistic representations and later adopted and reinterpreted in Roman art. An illustrative example is the statuette from the former Ingenheim Collection, now preserved in Berlin, dated to the 2nd century AD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Made of imported marble, most likely from the island of Thassos, the Tomis statuette may have been carved in a local workshop or brought from other major artistic centers of the ancient world. Similar discoveries from Tomis and other settlements in the Lower Danube region demonstrate the intense circulation of works of art in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even in its fragmentary state, \u201cThe Modest Aphrodite,\u201d which once decorated a house or a garden in ancient Tomis, remains an elegant testimony to ancient artistic taste and to the way the Roman world integrated cultural and mythological models from across the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cristina-Georgeta ALEXANDRESCU<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Institutul de Arheologie ,,Vasile P\u00e2rvan\u02dd Bucure\u0219ti)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Octavian MITROI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Muzeul de Istorie Na\u021bional\u0103 \u0219i Arheologie Constan\u021ba)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bibliografie\/ Bibliography:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. Delivorrias, s. v. Aphrodite, LIMC II (1984), p. 2-151.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W. Neumer-Pfau, Studien zur Ikonographie und gesellschaftlichen Funktion hellenistischer Aphrodite-Statuen (1982).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E. Schmidt, s. v. Venus, LIMC VIII Suppl. (1997), p. 192-230.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D.Grassinger, in: D. Grassinger, T.de Oliveira Pinto, A. Scholl (ed.), Die R\u00fcckkehr der G\u00f6tter. Berlins verborgener Olymp. Ausstellungskatalog Antikensammlung Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Regensburg, 2008, p. 184-185.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ilustra\u021bia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fig. 1: Statueta de la Tomis, imagine dup\u0103 restaurare (C.-G. Alexandrescu)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fig. 2: Statueta de la Tomis, imagine \u00eenainte de restaurare (O. Mitroi)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fig. 3: Statueta de la Staatliche Museen, Antikensammlung Berlin, Berlin, inv. Sk20 (dup\u0103 Grassinger 2008, p. 185).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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