Une représentation pornographique sur un tesson d’ Argos byzantine

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Published: Jan 11, 1999
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.1213
Keywords:
Middle Byzantine period end of the 12th century/early 13th century glazed pottery pornographic content Argos
Anastasia OIKONOMOU-LANIADO
Abstract

A Pornographic Representation on a Sherd from Byzantine Argos

A pit filled with pottery sherds of the late 12th/early 13th century was unearthed in a rescue excavation at Argos. Among the findings there was a glazed plate sherd with incised decoration. The surviving part of the decoration represents the head of a female figure in profile, whereas on the top of the head there is an inscription. The inscription with a mocking and pornographic content, as it can be inferred, suggests the existence of erotic scenes in Byzantine pottery, an aspect of the everyday life of Byzantium, which is known on a piecemeal basis.

 

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