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The bronze signum from Timacum Maius and its cultic attribution

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Filipović, Vojislav
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The bronze signum discussed in this paper was discovered by archaeological ex­cavation on the site of Timacum Maius in 2010. Found in the area of a luxurious Roman-period building, the artefact shows a tapering body with a central conical socket similar to a spearhead socket. It is one of the twenty-three known signa of the so-called classical-type. Most of them were found in the context of the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus, and we also presume the cultic purpose of the bronze signum from Timacum Maius. A similar find comes from Jupiter Dolichenus’ shrine in Egeta on the Danube limes with an inscription that connects it directly with the Dolichenian cult, and with the First Cohort of Cretans (Cohors I Cretum), the unit which had previously been stationed at Timacus Maius. The signum from Timacum Maius is most likely also connected with the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus and chronologically belongs to a period which is much earlier than the Severan age.
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Balcanica, 2016, 47, 25-33
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  • Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Balkanološki institut, Beograd
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  • Society, spiritual and material culture and communications in the prehistory and early history of the Balkans (RS-177012)

DOI: 10.2298/BALC1647025P

ISSN: 0350-7653

WoS: 000395301200002

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   luxurious Roman-period building, the artefact shows a tapering body with a
   central conical socket similar to a spearhead socket. It is one of the
   twenty-three known signa of the so-called classical-type. Most of them were
   found in the context of the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus, and we also presume
   the cultic purpose of the bronze signum from Timacum Maius. A similar find
   comes from Jupiter Dolichenus’ shrine in Egeta on the Danube limes with an
   inscription that connects it directly with the Dolichenian cult, and with the
   First Cohort of Cretans (Cohors I Cretum), the unit which had previously been
   stationed at Timacus Maius. The signum from Timacum Maius is most likely also
   connected with the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus and chronologically belongs to
   a period which is much earlier than the Severan age.
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DO  - 10.2298/BALC1647025P
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abstract = "The bronze signum discussed in this paper was discovered by archaeological
   ex­cavation on the site of Timacum Maius in 2010. Found in the area of a
   luxurious Roman-period building, the artefact shows a tapering body with a
   central conical socket similar to a spearhead socket. It is one of the
   twenty-three known signa of the so-called classical-type. Most of them were
   found in the context of the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus, and we also presume
   the cultic purpose of the bronze signum from Timacum Maius. A similar find
   comes from Jupiter Dolichenus’ shrine in Egeta on the Danube limes with an
   inscription that connects it directly with the Dolichenian cult, and with the
   First Cohort of Cretans (Cohors I Cretum), the unit which had previously been
   stationed at Timacus Maius. The signum from Timacum Maius is most likely also
   connected with the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus and chronologically belongs to
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Petrović, V. P.,& Filipović, V.. (2016). The bronze signum from Timacum Maius and its cultic attribution. in Balcanica
Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Balkanološki institut, Beograd.(47), 25-33.
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1647025P
conv_646
Petrović VP, Filipović V. The bronze signum from Timacum Maius and its cultic attribution. in Balcanica. 2016;(47):25-33.
doi:10.2298/BALC1647025P
conv_646 .
Petrović, Vladimir P., Filipović, Vojislav, "The bronze signum from Timacum Maius and its cultic attribution" in Balcanica, no. 47 (2016):25-33,
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1647025P .,
conv_646 .

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