OAR@UM Collection:https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/109792026-06-27T16:57:00Z2026-06-27T16:57:00ZThe Severan commemorative relief at Cyrene : the portraiturehttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/110042018-03-27T06:18:17Z1977-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: The Severan commemorative relief at Cyrene : the portraiture
Abstract: On the author's first visit to Cyrene in summer 1972, he was so intrigued by the figurative relief standing
on the south side of the so-called Valley Street, immediately to the east of the modern village of
Shahat, that the author decided to include it in his doctoral thesis. Dr Bonanno visited the site in the distinguished
company of the late Prof. D. E. Strong, who was then his research supervisor, and Mr. Philip
Kenrick. They spent together some hours in front of this fascinating monument discussing a number
of points concerning the architecture of the building to which it belonged, the identification
of the figures, the iconography of the then hypothetical portraits, and the reading of the inscription.
A full description and discussion of the monument were given by Professor Strong in a
lecture delivered at the British Museum on the occasion of the opening of the Exhibition of
Libyan Antiquities on 14th June, 1973, and later published in the Society for Libyan Studies
Report. The author returned to Cyrene in summer 1973 in order to make a more thorough examination
of the relief and to produce a number of detailed photographs of the heads. The contents of
this article are the result of these observations and the stimulating discussions he had with
Professor Strong on the subject.1977-01-01T00:00:00Z