Upper Moesian Bacchic Worshippers as Reectedinas Reected in Jewellery and Cosmetic Objects
Upper Moesian Bacchic Worshippers as Reectedinas Reected in Jewellery and Cosmetic Objects
Author(s): Sanja PilipovićSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Balkanološki institut - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti
Keywords: Bacchus/Dionysos; Upper Moesia; worshippers; origin; social status; finger rings; intaglios; caskets; relief mirrors
Summary/Abstract: The paper looks at the anepigraphic material such as jewellery and cosmetic objects recovered from the province of Upper Moesia. The quality of the material used in their manufacture, their findspots and iconography, serve as a basis in an attempt to shed light on the origin and social status of Bacchic worshippers in that part of the Roman Empire.
Journal: BALCANICA
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 31-42
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
