Die Diana von Mulcey (Lothringen, Frankreich). Ein Fund aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg in der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts

Abstract

The RGK’s collections include a remarkable Roman bronze statuette of Di-ana, which was found during the First World War in the then German region of Lorraine near Mulcey, Dept . Moselle (F) . The article gives a detailed account of how the find came to the RGK . The very well-preserved statuette is unique because only its attributes (the quiver, bow and arrows) are consistent with Diana, whilst her body, garment and hairstyle are reminiscent of a particular type of statue depicting the Egyptian Goddess Isis . The statuette was probably made in the later 2nd or the first half of the 3rd century AD in Gaul . The associated finds discovered with the statuette have since been lost, but probably included its stand and the animal figures that usually accompany Diana . These may suggest that the object was part of a deposit hidden along the road between Metz and Strasbourg in an area that was densely populated during the Roman period . (S . H .)