Überlegungen zu einem Artemis-Relief aus Patara

The main find on a pedestal unearthed during excavations in the 2005 season at Patara was a relief of Artemis. This article investigates the similarities and differences of this figure of Artemis, in comparison with the type known in scientific literature as the Artemis of Versailles, which has been the focus of multilayered debates concerning its date and artist. The Artemis figure is also compared with the result of typological studies of this type to the present day. Since it is one of the latest examples of this type, the Pataran relief of Artemis should be considered to be a local interpretation of the Versailles Artemis type. Yet it is original in respect to copy criticism and recension. Found reused in a wall of one of the rooms in the East Porticus of the Harbour Street at Patara, the find of this base with its figural relief requires a new evaluation of the data concerning the place of this goddess within the cult tradition of the city.