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Engraved gems from the legionary fortress of Tilurium. Some considerations on the iconographic motives connecting gems with soldiers as their owners

At the site of Gardun near Trilj in Dalmatia, situated some 30 kilometers north of Salona, in antiquity a Roman legionary fortress of Tilurium was built. In that fortress legio VII was stationed, and when the legion left both the fortress and the Roman province of Dalmatia around the mid 1 century AD, smaller military units remained there. The site of Gardun has been well-known for a great number of various Roman finds, including the engraved gems. Some 250 engraved gems are known. The majority of these gems belong to stray finds. Among those gems, some iconographic motives could be associated with the soldiers as potential gem owners. These are the motives depicting warriors, horsemen and mytholgical heroes such as Achilles. Although without archaeological context, the depictions on the gems can offer us the link between the gems and the soldiers as its owner.

engraved gems, Tilurium, soldiers, iconography

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