Image
3D Model
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2389
Barcelona. Carrer Paradís
Roman world

Paradise Street goddess

MAC BCN-007543

Object type
sculpture
Production date
14 / 68
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Barcelona. Carrer Paradís
Materials
Pentelic marble
Township
Barcelona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Barcelonès)
Technique
sculpting
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
167 x 63 x 43 cm
Description
Female statue with a tunic (chiton) covered by a mantle (himation) that surrounds the body. It was found in the foundations of Number 5 Paradise Street, near the ruins of the Temple of Augustus. Its reuse as construction element would be the cause of its fragmentation and mutilation. Initially, however, it would be part of a larger sculpture dedicated to the imperial cult, exhibited in the forum of the colony or perhaps in the temple itself.