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The Velestino Hoard

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Abstract

Thirty-two out of 88 pieces (36.4%) in the collection of “Thessalian antiquities” found in Velestino are, or contain, representations of humans. Ten pieces of the Velestino collection contain images of children . In three of them, the child is shown together with an animal, probably a wolf . Two other children appear on pieces showing a human leaping to the right, possibly an illustration of the encounter between Mary and Elizabeth (Luke 1:44). Three other pieces show a man holding crotales, while another two have seraphs. Two warriors on horseback, another on foot, carrying a scabbard or a quiver, a dancing woman, another giving birth and a standing human in a pensive posture show the diversity of the human or human-like figures. There are also three figures with monastic cowls, possibly a representation of the Church Fathers , as well as an image of St. Christopher with a dog head. Finally, there is a musician playing a trumpet-like instrument. The chapter explores the analogies for all those figures.

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