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A Relief Decorated with a Griffin Discovered in the Forum Portico in Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain)

April 2019 (123.2)
Archaeological Note

A Relief Decorated with a Griffin Discovered in the Forum Portico in Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain)

123.2
Antonio Peña
Teresa Barrientos
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This note describes the fragment of a relief decorated with a griffin discovered during an excavation in 2015 in Mérida (ancient Augusta Emerita), Spain. The piece is exceptional for its considerable size and its singular iconography and because the only known parallels are in reliefs on imperial buildings in Rome and Castel Gandolfo. The excavation site is in what is known as the Forum Portico, a Flavian-period cult precinct to the northeast of the Roman forum.

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A Relief Decorated with a Griffin Discovered in the Forum Portico in Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain)

By Antonio Peña and Teresa Barrientos

American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 123, No. 2 (April 2019), pp. 335–344

DOI: 10.3764/aja.123.2.0335

© 2019 Archaeological Institute of America

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