Early Christian Finds on the Middle Danube Limes
Abstract
The paper deals with the Early Christian objects in the Middle Danube Limes from
Singidunum to Aquae. According to their function, shape or decorative content, it
is possible to divide them into items that used in liturgical practice (silver chalices,
bowls, spoons used during the Eucharist, flagon, procession crosses, lamps) and various
objects, which shape, inscription or ornamental elements indicate Christian
character, but which were intended for secular purposes (jewelry, steelyard, crest application
with Chi–Rho monogram, fibulae etc.).
In addition to the local products, a certain number of objects consist of imported
material produced in some major production centers, most often in the East, from
where they were distributed to the other parts of the Roman Empire. A significant
number of imported items indicate Egyptian origin, with their separate production
centers, and from where they had been brought as an import to the Balkan region by
trade routes. Some of the pr...oducts were manufactured in western centers of manufacture.
All registered Early Christian items, in their own way shed light on a turbulent
period in this region from the 4th to the beginning of the 7th century.
Keywords:
Early Christian objects / Local and imported products / Middle Danube Limes / 4th to the beginning of 7th centurySource:
Vivere Militare Est : From Populus to Emperors - Living on the Frontier, 2018, 1, 247-290Publisher:
- Belgrade : Institute of Archaeology
Funding / projects:
- IRS - Viminacium, roman city and military legion camp - research of material and non-material of inhabitants by using the modern technologies of remote detection, geophysics, GIS, digitalisation and 3D visualisation (RS-47018)
- Romanization, urbanization and transformation of urban centres of civil, military and residential character in Roman provinces on territory of Serbia (RS-177007)
Institution/Community
Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - CHAP AU - Ilić, Olivera AU - Jeremić, Gordana PY - 2018 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/400 AB - The paper deals with the Early Christian objects in the Middle Danube Limes from Singidunum to Aquae. According to their function, shape or decorative content, it is possible to divide them into items that used in liturgical practice (silver chalices, bowls, spoons used during the Eucharist, flagon, procession crosses, lamps) and various objects, which shape, inscription or ornamental elements indicate Christian character, but which were intended for secular purposes (jewelry, steelyard, crest application with Chi–Rho monogram, fibulae etc.). In addition to the local products, a certain number of objects consist of imported material produced in some major production centers, most often in the East, from where they were distributed to the other parts of the Roman Empire. A significant number of imported items indicate Egyptian origin, with their separate production centers, and from where they had been brought as an import to the Balkan region by trade routes. Some of the products were manufactured in western centers of manufacture. All registered Early Christian items, in their own way shed light on a turbulent period in this region from the 4th to the beginning of the 7th century. PB - Belgrade : Institute of Archaeology T2 - Vivere Militare Est : From Populus to Emperors - Living on the Frontier T1 - Early Christian Finds on the Middle Danube Limes EP - 290 SP - 247 VL - 1 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_400 ER -
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Ilić, O.,& Jeremić, G.. (2018). Early Christian Finds on the Middle Danube Limes. in Vivere Militare Est : From Populus to Emperors - Living on the Frontier Belgrade : Institute of Archaeology., 1, 247-290. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_400
Ilić O, Jeremić G. Early Christian Finds on the Middle Danube Limes. in Vivere Militare Est : From Populus to Emperors - Living on the Frontier. 2018;1:247-290. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_400 .
Ilić, Olivera, Jeremić, Gordana, "Early Christian Finds on the Middle Danube Limes" in Vivere Militare Est : From Populus to Emperors - Living on the Frontier, 1 (2018):247-290, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_400 .