Abstract:The subject of this paper is a fragmented oil-lamp, discovered at Pontes
(east Serbia) dated to the 6th century, whose handle ending is shaped as a
woman?s head. The question posed in this paper is whether the image of this
woman could be identified as a portrait of some particular person or if it is
just as a pictorial sign with some complicated symbolic meaning. The
suggested identification alludes to the image of some of the empresses from
the second half of the 6th century. [Projekat Mini… Show more
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