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Samnite magistrate
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The back wall of a cavity-type tomb features an old man with
beard and grey hair wearing a white tunic with red trimming. On
his head he has a garland of leaves tied with a yellow band. On
his left hand there is a ring, while his right hand is resting
on a knobbly stick. Next to his head, on the left, there hangs a
red crown. This is an important non-military figure, probably a
magistrate, depicted here with objects which represent his
authority, such as the ring and the stick, which in painting
from the Roman period came to be trademarks of sovereignty, in
subjects based on Hellenistic models.
Bibliography: F. Weege, Oskische Grabmalerei, in JDAI, XXIV,
1909, p. 109, n. 16; V. Sampaolo, Le pitture, in Le Collezioni
del Museo Nazionale di Napoli, Roma 1986, p. 124 n.2
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Fonte: MANN
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