Wątek składania ofiar w dekoracji budowli sakralnych Dura Europos

• Authors: Ilona Skupińska-Løvset

Title variants

EN

The scene of offering in the sacral art of Dura Europos

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Dura Europos, or as proposed today Europos Dura, was a fortified settlement on the border between the Roman Empire and the East. The archeological dis­coveries reflected the character of the settlement – the fortified agglomeration grouped at the military camp. After its fall Europos Dura was covered by desert sand only to be discovered in the XXth century. Archaeological research has dis­closed documentation of its multicultural character. This paper points to the fact of coexistence of various religions in late antiquity Europos Dura. Paintings and sculptures discovered in situ indicate that scene of offering was a favorite subject in the sacral art of Europos Dura, independent of religion. The ceremony of in­cense burning constitutes the dominant form of offering regarding visualizations of this important ceremony.

Keywords

PL

Odkrycie Europos Dura; historia polityczna miasta; wielokulturowość; religie i miejsca kultu; ołtarze ofiarne; malowidła nawiązujące do ceremonii składania ofiar; prace wykopaliskowe i restauracyjne

EN

discovery of Europos Doura; political history of the fortress; multicultural character; excavations; religions and cult places; visualizations of offerings to various deities; stone altars and religious sculpture illustrating offering ceremonies

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Vox Patrum
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 64
• Pages: 393-402

Dates

published

2015-12-15

Contributors

author

Ilona Skupińska-Løvset

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/vp.3722