{"id":6536,"date":"2025-10-01T12:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/?p=6536"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:03:22","slug":"exponatul-lunii-octombrie-2025-mesagerul-marilor-delfinul-de-os-de-la-tomis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/exponatul-lunii-octombrie-2025-mesagerul-marilor-delfinul-de-os-de-la-tomis\/","title":{"rendered":"Exponatul lunii octombrie 2025 &#8211; Mesagerul m\u0103rilor: delfinul de os de la Tomis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Luna aceasta, <strong>The Museum of National History and Archaeology Constanta<\/strong> v\u0103 invit\u0103 s\u0103 descoperi\u021bi o pies\u0103 special\u0103, \u00eenc\u0103rcat\u0103 de simbolism: <strong>un delfin sculptat \u00een os<\/strong> acum aproximativ 1800 de ani. Piesa a fost descoperit\u0103 \u00een anul 2017, cu ocazia desf\u0103\u0219ur\u0103rii unei cercet\u0103ri arheologice preventive \u00een apropierea S\u0103lii Sporturilor din Constan\u021ba, \u00een umplutura unui \u0219an\u021b realizat pentru a delimita o arie funerar\u0103 din necropola de epoc\u0103 roman\u0103 a Tomisului. Din acela\u0219i context provin numeroase materiale arheologice, \u00een special fragmente ceramice, care se dateaz\u0103 \u00een secolele II-III p. Chr., depuse \u00eentr-un moment ulterior utiliz\u0103rii spa\u021biului funerar. Exemplarul are analogii cu descoperiri din Callatis \u2013 Mangalia (jud. Constan\u021ba) \u0219i din zona extra muros a cet\u0103\u021bii Troesmis \u2013 Igli\u021ba (jud. Tulcea), \u00eencadrate cronologic \u00een aceea\u0219i perioad\u0103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cu o lungime de doar 4,8 cm, piesa reprezint\u0103 un delfin cu botul deschis, ce poart\u0103 trei crest\u0103turi care ar putea sugera din\u021bii mamiferului. Aceast\u0103 detaliere apare foarte des \u00een arta romanilor, delfinul fiind uneori \u00eenf\u0103\u021bi\u0219at ca monstru marin. Partea superioar\u0103 a cozii lipse\u0219te, \u00eens\u0103 suprafa\u021ba de fractur\u0103 a fost ulterior finisat\u0103 prin \u0219lefuire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pe corpul delfinului se disting dou\u0103 incizii verticale, paralele, care ar putea face trimitere la h\u0103\u021buri, \u00eentruc\u00e2t, asociate cu \u00eenot\u0103toarea dorsal\u0103 de pe cre\u0219tetul capului, ar corespunde unei scene binecunoscute \u00een iconografia roman\u0103: Cupidon c\u0103lare pe delfin. Piesa este decorat\u0103 pe o singur\u0103 fa\u021b\u0103 \u0219i str\u0103b\u0103tut\u0103 de o perfora\u021bie vertical\u0103, fapt care poate indica folosirea ei ca nasture sau ca decora\u021biune vestimentar\u0103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00cen antichitate, delfinul era asociat cu divinit\u0103\u021bi importante precum Neptun, Venus, Cupidon sau Bacchus, dar \u0219i cu alte fiin\u021be legendare: Nereide, Triton, Palaemon, Arion \u0219.a. \u00cen mentalul colectiv roman, acest mamifer marin era perceput ca un animal protector al marinarilor \u0219i, totodat\u0103, ca psihopomp \u2013 cel care \u00eenso\u021bea sufletul celor \u00eeneca\u021bi, c\u0103l\u0103uzindu-i spre lumea de dincolo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aceast\u0103 pies\u0103 ilustreaz\u0103 complexitatea credin\u021belor antice \u0219i rafinamentul artistic al comunit\u0103\u021bilor romane de pe litoralul vestic al Pontului Euxin (Marea Neagr\u0103).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Messenger of the Seas: The Bone-Carved Dolphin of Tomis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month, the <strong>Museum of National History and Archaeology Constan\u021ba<\/strong> invites you to discover a special artefact, rich in symbolism: <strong>a dolphin carved in bone<\/strong> approximately 1,800 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The artefact was discovered in 2017 during archaeological research carried out near the Sports Hall in Constan\u021ba, in the fill of a ditch that delimited a funerary area within the Roman-period necropolis of Tomis. From the same context came numerous archaeological materials, mainly ceramic fragments, dated to the 2nd\u20133rd centuries AD, deposited after the funerary space had gone out of use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The object has analogies with finds from Callatis \u2013 Mangalia (Constan\u021ba County) and from the extra-muros area of Troesmis fortress \u2013 Igli\u021ba (Tulcea County), all chronologically assigned to the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Measuring only 4.8 cm in length, the artefact depicts a dolphin with an open snout, bearing three notches that may suggest the animal\u2019s teeth. This detail is common in Roman art, where dolphins were sometimes portrayed as sea monsters. The upper part of the tail is missing, yet the fracture surface was later carefully smoothed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the dolphin\u2019s body, two vertical, parallel incisions can be observed; these might allude to reins and, together with the dorsal fin on the animal\u2019s head, could correspond to a well-known Roman iconographic motif \u2014 Cupid riding a dolphin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The artefact is decorated on one side only and pierced vertically, a feature that may indicate its use as a button or decorative garment element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Antiquity, the dolphin was associated with major deities such as Neptune, Venus, Cupid, and Bacchus, as well as with other legendary beings \u2014 Nereids, Triton, Palaemon, and Arion, among others. In the Roman collective imagination, the dolphin was regarded as a protector of sailors and, at the same time, as a psychopomp, guiding the souls of drowned mariners to the afterlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This artefact illustrates both the complexity of ancient beliefs and the artistic refinement of the Roman communities along the western coast of Pontus Euxinus (the Black Sea).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curatori \/ Curators:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">drd. Oana Grigoru\u021b\u0103<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">dr. Dan Vasilescu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bibliografie \/ Bibliography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constantin Preda, D\u00e9couvertes r\u00e9centes dans la n\u00e9cropole tumulaire du d\u00e9but de l\u2019\u00e9poque romaine \u00e0 Callatis, Dacia, S.N., vol. IX, 1965, p. 248.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrei Opai\u021b, Troesmis \u2013 a\u0219ezarea roman\u0103 timpurie de pe platou, Peuce, vol. VIII, 1980, pp. 211, 215.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Luna aceasta, Muzeul de Istorie Na\u021bional\u0103 \u0219i Arheologie Constan\u021ba v\u0103 invit\u0103 s\u0103 descoperi\u021bi o pies\u0103 special\u0103, \u00eenc\u0103rcat\u0103 de simbolism: un delfin sculptat \u00een os acum aproximativ 1800 de ani. Piesa a fost descoperit\u0103 \u00een anul 2017, cu ocazia desf\u0103\u0219ur\u0103rii unei cercet\u0103ri arheologice preventive \u00een apropierea S\u0103lii Sporturilor din Constan\u021ba, \u00een umplutura unui \u0219an\u021b realizat pentru [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exponatul-lunii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6537,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536\/revisions\/6537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}