Pauline Kiernan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1083463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pauline Kiernan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pauline |
| FAMILY NAME | Kiernan |
| SIGNATURE | KIERNAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kennesaw State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7800-2127 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rings from the Forbidden Forest: The function and meaning of Roman trinket rings
A group of 24 bronze finger-rings threaded onto a wire bracelet was unearthed in 2018 at the Roman vicus at Wareswald (the “Forbidden Forest”) in Gallia Belgica. The find is analyzed here alongside evidence for the use, sale, and production of Roman rings. The find represents the work of a local craftsman, active in the first quarter of the 4th c. CE. While the rings were made in a small rural town, they closely imitate expensive global ring form…
Roman Cult Images: The Lives and Worship of Idols from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity
In this book, Philip Kiernan explores how cult images functioned in Roman temples from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity in the Roman west. He demonstrates how and why a temple's idols, were more important to ritual than other images such as votive offerings and decorative sculpture. These idols were seen by many to be divine and possessed of agency. They were, thus, the primary focus of worship. Aided by cross-cultural comparative material, Kiernan…
Miniature objects as representations of realia
Miniature objects are usually considered first as ritual objects, as substitutes for larger items, or as signifiers of abstract concepts. Too little attention is paid to their value as representations, and as a source for ancient day-to-day objects, or realia. But before we can use them as evidence for larger objects, we must first understand the manner in which any group of miniature objects depicts reality. Examples of miniature objects from Ir…
The Bronze Mice of Apollo Smintheus
Hellenistic-Roman bronze mouse statuettes have traditionally been connected to the god Apollo Smintheus, who appears in the opening scenes of the Iliad and who was venerated in Asia Minor. A careful examination of their findspots and the dating of the statuettes show that this association is erroneous. In fact, the mouse statuettes were attached to bronze oil lamps, candelabra, lampstands, and other pieces of furniture. They refer directly to the…
Augusta Vindelicum (Augsburg)
The city of Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicum) is situated on the west bank of the River Lech, roughly 40 km to the south of the Danube, in the former territory of four Celtic tribes, referred to collectively as the Vindelici.
Novaesium (Neuss)
Neuss is located on the west bank of the Rhine, approximately 30 km downstream from Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) and just to the north of the Erft River. It is one of the earliest settlements and military sites of Roman Germany. The ancient name, Novaesium, is first attested by Tacitus in his description of the Batavian Revolt of 70 CE (Tac. Hist . 4.26). Prior to the Roman period, the area was inhabited by the Germanic Eburones, who were wipe…
Batavians
The Batavians were a Germanic tribe in the northernmost part of Germania Inferior.
Cult image, Roman
The term “cult image” has been applied to virtually all forms of religious or mythological art from the Roman world, including votive offerings and architectural decorations, but most often, as here, it refers to the main representation of a divinity and the principal object of veneration in a Roman temple.
Noviomagus Batavorum (Nijmegen)
Ulpia Noviomagus ( Municipium Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum , not to be confused with other Celtic places called Noviomagus), now Nijmegen in the Netherlands, was the civitas capital of the Batavians, and the third most important city in the province of Germania Inferior after Cologne and Xanten.
Pagan Pilgrimage in Rome's Western Provinces
and symbolic qualities through fragmentation and deposition, referring to the fragility and beauty of life, as well as to an aspiration of the a erworld, combined with the personality of the deceased.As a matter of fact, her relatives were the ones who created these layers of meaning by making the object -as well as the actions of breakage and deposition -form part of the funerary rituals.In this way, social practice and the funerary rites constr…
Miniature objects as representations of realia
Miniature objects are usually considered first as ritual objects, as substitutes for larger items, or as signifiers of abstract concepts. Too little attention is paid to their value as representations, and as a source for ancient day-to-day objects, or realia. But before we can use them as evidence for larger objects, we must first understand the manner in which any group of miniature objects depicts reality. Examples of miniature objects from Ir…
The Bronze Mice of Apollo Smintheus
Hellenistic-Roman bronze mouse statuettes have traditionally been connected to the god Apollo Smintheus, who appears in the opening scenes of the Iliad and who was venerated in Asia Minor. A careful examination of their findspots and the dating of the statuettes show that this association is erroneous. In fact, the mouse statuettes were attached to bronze oil lamps, candelabra, lampstands, and other pieces of furniture. They refer directly to the…
Pagan Pilgrimage in Rome's Western Provinces
and symbolic qualities through fragmentation and deposition, referring to the fragility and beauty of life, as well as to an aspiration of the a erworld, combined with the personality of the deceased.As a matter of fact, her relatives were the ones who created these layers of meaning by making the object -as well as the actions of breakage and deposition -form part of the funerary rituals.In this way, social practice and the funerary rites constr…
Augusta Vindelicum (Augsburg)
The city of Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicum) is situated on the west bank of the River Lech, roughly 40 km to the south of the Danube, in the former territory of four Celtic tribes, referred to collectively as the Vindelici.
Novaesium (Neuss)
Neuss is located on the west bank of the Rhine, approximately 30 km downstream from Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) and just to the north of the Erft River. It is one of the earliest settlements and military sites of Roman Germany. The ancient name, Novaesium, is first attested by Tacitus in his description of the Batavian Revolt of 70 CE (Tac. Hist . 4.26). Prior to the Roman period, the area was inhabited by the Germanic Eburones, who were wipe…
Batavians
The Batavians were a Germanic tribe in the northernmost part of Germania Inferior.
Cult image, Roman
The term “cult image” has been applied to virtually all forms of religious or mythological art from the Roman world, including votive offerings and architectural decorations, but most often, as here, it refers to the main representation of a divinity and the principal object of veneration in a Roman temple.
Noviomagus Batavorum (Nijmegen)
Ulpia Noviomagus ( Municipium Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum , not to be confused with other Celtic places called Noviomagus), now Nijmegen in the Netherlands, was the civitas capital of the Batavians, and the third most important city in the province of Germania Inferior after Cologne and Xanten.
Pagan Pilgrimage in Rome's Western Provinces
and symbolic qualities through fragmentation and deposition, referring to the fragility and beauty of life, as well as to an aspiration of the a erworld, combined with the personality of the deceased.As a matter of fact, her relatives were the ones who created these layers of meaning by making the object -as well as the actions of breakage and deposition -form part of the funerary rituals.In this way, social practice and the funerary rites constr…
The Bronze Mice of Apollo Smintheus
Hellenistic-Roman bronze mouse statuettes have traditionally been connected to the god Apollo Smintheus, who appears in the opening scenes of the Iliad and who was venerated in Asia Minor. A careful examination of their findspots and the dating of the statuettes show that this association is erroneous. In fact, the mouse statuettes were attached to bronze oil lamps, candelabra, lampstands, and other pieces of furniture. They refer directly to the…
Miniature objects as representations of realia
Miniature objects are usually considered first as ritual objects, as substitutes for larger items, or as signifiers of abstract concepts. Too little attention is paid to their value as representations, and as a source for ancient day-to-day objects, or realia. But before we can use them as evidence for larger objects, we must first understand the manner in which any group of miniature objects depicts reality. Examples of miniature objects from Ir…
Roman Cult Images: The Lives and Worship of Idols from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity
In this book, Philip Kiernan explores how cult images functioned in Roman temples from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity in the Roman west. He demonstrates how and why a temple's idols, were more important to ritual than other images such as votive offerings and decorative sculpture. These idols were seen by many to be divine and possessed of agency. They were, thus, the primary focus of worship. Aided by cross-cultural comparative material, Kiernan…
Rings from the Forbidden Forest: The function and meaning of Roman trinket rings
A group of 24 bronze finger-rings threaded onto a wire bracelet was unearthed in 2018 at the Roman vicus at Wareswald (the “Forbidden Forest”) in Gallia Belgica. The find is analyzed here alongside evidence for the use, sale, and production of Roman rings. The find represents the work of a local craftsman, active in the first quarter of the 4th c. CE. While the rings were made in a small rural town, they closely imitate expensive global ring form…
History (8 works) · Ancient history (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (4 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works)