Archaeological finds
Venus head
Provenance: found in 1971 during archaeological excavations in the amphitheatre of Segobriga.
Location: Exhibition Hall. Interpretation Centre. Segóbriga Archaeological Park (Saelices, Cuenca).
Material: white marble.
Dimensions: Height: 8 cm. Width: 6.5 cm. Height: 7.5 cm.
Conservation: Fair, with some cracks and generalised wear of the surface due to the part being burnt.
Chronology: Late 1st-early 2nd century AD.
Dea Roma
Provenance: found in 1962 in the archaeological excavations of the Segobriga theatre.
Location: Segóbriga Hall. Museum of Cuenca
Material: white marble.
Dimensions: Height: 190 cm. Width: 70 cm. Gr.: 64 cm
Conservation: The sculpture was broken into two fragments that were glued together for installation in the Museum. It has some occasional cracks and concretions.
Chronology: Second half of the 1st century AD
Portrait of Agrippina Maior
Provenance: found in 1999 in the collapse of the aula with exedra and cryptoportico of the forum of Segobriga.
Location: Exhibition Hall. Interpretation Centre. Segóbriga Archaeological Park (Saelices, Cuenca).
Material: white marble.
Dimensions: Height: 34 cm
Conservation: Good, with loss of polish especially on the right half of the face.
Chronology: Mid 1st century AD
Antefix
Provenance: Found in 1892 in the excavations carried out by R. García Soria and P. Quintero in the baths of the Segobriga theatre.
Location: Louvre Museum.
Material: ceramics
Dimensions: H: 15.5 cm. Width: 15 cm. Height: 6 cm.
Conservation: Regular, has lost part of the right side corresponding to the hair; does not retain the imbrex attached to the back.
Chronology: Second half of the 1st century AD
Marble vase base
Provenance: found in 1999 in the excavations of the north cryptoportico of the forum of Segobriga.
Location: Archaeological Storehouse. Museum of Segóbriga. Archaeological Park of Segóbriga (Saelices, Cuenca).
Material: marmor Numidicum (Tunisia)
Dimensions: Height: 33 cm. Width: 33 cm. Gr.: 7 cm
Conservation: Good.
Chronology: 1st century AD
Capital of Iesena
Provenance: found in 2005 in the excavation of the Segobriga forum.
Location: Archaeological Storehouse. Museum of Segóbriga. Archaeological Park of Segóbriga (Saelices, Cuenca).
Material: white marble from Luni (Italy).
Dimensions: Height: 34 cm. Width: 32 cm. Gr.: 6,5 cm
Conservation: Fragmented.
Chronology: Augustan period
Corinthian capital
Provenance: found in 2004 inside the basilica of the forum of Segobriga.
Location: Archaeological Storehouse. Museum of Segóbriga. Archaeological Park of Segóbriga (Saelices, Cuenca).
Material: limestone from the Diana quarries.
Dimensions: Height: 90 cm.
Conservation: Good.
Chronology: Augustan period.
Statue pedestal of the personal secretary of Emperor Augustus
Provenance: found on 23 September 2002, Augustus' birthday, in the southern portico of the forum of Segobriga.
Location: Exhibition Hall. Interpretation Centre. Segóbriga Archaeological Park (Saelices, Cuenca).
Material: limestone from the Diana quarries.
Dimensions: Height: 108 cm. Width: 77 cm. Height: 56,5 cm.
Conservation: Good, although it has lost part of the lower left corner and the upper right corner.
Chronology: 27 B.C. - 14 A.D. (reign of Augustus)
Mirror
Provenance: found in 2007 in tomb 43 of the cremation necropolis located under the circus of Segobriga.
Location: Archaeological Storehouse. Museum of Segóbriga. Archaeological Park of Segóbriga (Saelices, Cuenca).
Material: bronze
Dimensions: Diam.: 8,5 cm
Conservation: Good, does not retain complete mirror handle.
Chronology: Late 1st - early 2nd century AD.
Ctra. Carrascosa de Campo a Villamayor de Santiago, s/n, E-16430 Saelices (Cuenca).
Telephone Interpretation Centre: 629 75 22 57
Mail: segobriga@dipucuenca.es
Credits:
Design and implementation: Tragsa Group. Contents: Rosario Cebrián Fernández (Lecturer in Archaeology at the UCM) with the collaboration of the Tragsa Group.
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