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ID: 700006894
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006894
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Statuette of Mars-Cobannus (statuette (figurine); Unknown Gallo-Roman (Gallo-Roman Artist); 125 - 175; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 96.AB.54)
Note: Statue of a draped male figure wearing a helmet, who stands atop an inscribed base: Sacred to the venerable god Cobannus, Lucius Maccius Aeternus, duumvir [dedicated this] in accordance with a vow. The figure, who represents the local deity Cobannus, wears a contemporary Roman helmet. He is dressed in a long cloak fastened with a round brooch. Under the cloak he wears a long-sleeved tunic with fringed lower edge and close-fitting, footed leggings, over which he wears T-strap sandals. He once held a standing spear in his upraised right hand, and steadied a shield with his lowered left hand.
Titles:
Statuette of Mars-Cobannus (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Statuette of Mars/Cobannus (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
statuette (figurine) [300047455] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:
sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 125 - 175

Creator Display:
Unknown Gallo-Roman (Gallo-Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
unknown Gallo-Roman (Gallo-Roman cultural designation) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500354958]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 96.AB.54
Other: Creation: Roman Empire [7030347] World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Bronze
bronze (metal) [300010957]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

Dimensions: Object (with base): H: 76 cm (29 15/16 in.)Object (of figure): H: 65 cm (25 9/16 in.)
Cultures:
(preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Imperial (Roman) [300020541] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian, Roman (ancient Italian culture or period))

General Subject:
humor and comedy (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Mars [901001031]
.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
Cobannus [901000758]
.....((Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
figure (representation) [300189808]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)
man (male human) [300025928]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Dedicatory inscription on the base: "AVG[vsto] SACR[vm] DEO COBANNO/ L[vciuvs] MACCIVS AETERNVS/ IIVIR EX VOTO" Translation: "Sacred to the venerable god Cobannus, Lucius Maccius Aeternus, duumvir [dedicated this] in accordance with a vow"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures
Sources and Contributors:
Statuette of Mars-Cobannus........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Statuette of Mars/Cobannus........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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