Donum cordis. Studia poświęcone pamięci Profesora Jerzego Kolendo
Donum cordis. Studies in memory of Professor Jerzy Kolendo
Contributor(s): Krzysztof Jakubiak (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
Summary/Abstract: A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-3855-4
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-3847-9
- Page Count: 414
- Publication Year: 2019
- Language: English, Polish, German
Cmentarzysko z okresu wpływów rzymskich w Opinogórze
Cmentarzysko z okresu wpływów rzymskich w Opinogórze
(Cemetery from the Roman period in Opinogóra)
- Author(s):Jacek Andrzejewski
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:11-27
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:Recently a quarter of a century has passed since the publication of Professor Jerzy Kolendo’s article in which,basing on the archival materials of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Science (hereinafter: WSFS), he determinedthe location of a necropolis of the Wielbark culture from Opinogóra (present-day Opinogóra Górna) in northMazovia and critically discussed the basis for its dating. Let us recall that in 1818 General Wincenty Krasiński,the owner of Opinogóra, donated to the collection of the WSFS a clay urn, which had supposedly been found inOpinogóra, and in 1822 some objects from the equipment of an inhumation grave, discovered in the general’spresence in the vicinity of the local church; he also mentioned another urn which had been destroyed at the time.In 1832, after the fall of the November Uprising, the collection of the WSFS were considered by the Russianauthorities to be war trophies and were transported to St Petersburg where they were divided – in accordancewith the tsar’s instructions – between various persons and institutions, while a part of the collection was simplydestroyed. Those specimens, however, are not the only “antiquities” which can be associated with the Opinogóracemetery of the Wielbark culture.At the Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University, in the collection of the former ArchaeologicalCabinet, a clay vessel is kept which found its way there together with the collection of Count AleksanderPrzezdziecki, which were willed by him to the Cabinet upon his death in 1871. The vessel is a deep bowl withan uneven surface, its colour ranging from brownish grey to brown, covered by irregular traces of horizontal,uneven smoothing. The height of the vessel is approximately 17–18 cm, the diameter of the rim is 25–25.5 cm, ofthe belly 27.5–28 cm, and of the base 11.5–12 cm (Fig. 1).The description of the vessel corresponds to type VIA in the Schindler/Wołągiewicz classifi cation of the potteryof the Wielbark culture. These vessels have a quite broad-ranging chronology: from phase B2/C1 to phase D,with most of the better dated specimens originating in phase B2/C1–C1a, even though younger vessels, from phasesC1b–C2, or even D, are just as common in the area of the right-bank Mazovia and Podlasie.Aleksander Przezdziecki displayed the vessel from Opinogóra at an exhibition of antiquities in Warsaw in1856. At the time the urn still contained “burnt bones, part of another urn burnt with bones and ashes, as wellas remains of red clay beads” and in this state it was preserved until the 1920s/1930s. Later, the contents wereremoved, probably during a secondary conservation, and were most likely lost. The urn from Opinogóra was probably given to Przezdziecki as a gift by Wincenty Krasiński. This could havebeen in early 1856 during the preparations for the above-mentioned antiquities exhibition. Aleksander Przezdzieckiwas one of its main organizers (among other tasks he was collecting exhibits), while General Wincenty Krasińskiwas the second largest exhibitor. Of course, it is not known how the urn was discovered. It can only be assumedthat it happened no earlier than in the summer of 1830 because otherwise the urn would have most likely beenincluded in the collection of the WSFS, like the fi nds from 1818 and 1822, and in 1832 it would have been confiscated by the Russians.Finally, in 1996 an iron strap-end fi tting, found by accident in the area of the church in Opinogóra, was published(Fig. 2). The specimen corresponds to type 4 of strap-end fi ttings of the Przeworsk culture in the Madyda--Legutko classifi cation. Fittings of this type are found in graves from phases B2b–C1a. The raw material may pointto its Przeworsk attribution and its date within the span of phases B2b–B2/C1. This, in turn, could suggest thatthe cemetery in Opinogóra belonged to a numerous group of necropoles of the Przeworsk culture in the area ofthe right-bank of Mazovia and Podlasie in phases B2/C1 which later have been adopted and used by the peopleof the Wielbark culture.The information about the discoveries made in the cemetery of Opinogóra suggests that the necropolis occupiedthe whole area of a small but distinctive hill (size: approximately 150×75 m) located on the brink of an upland,between two unnamed, regulated streams fl owing towards the Sona Prawa River (Fig. 3).
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Moneta Ptolemeusza III (246–221 przed Chr.) ze zbiorów rodziny Kossaków
Moneta Ptolemeusza III (246–221 przed Chr.) ze zbiorów rodziny Kossaków
(Coin of Ptolemy III (246–221 BC) from the collection of the Kossak family)
- Author(s):Marcin Biborski, Jarosław Bodzek
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:28-39
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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Unikatowy aureus Faustyny II z legendą mater castrorum z miejscowości Stygajny na Warmii
Unikatowy aureus Faustyny II z legendą mater castrorum
z miejscowości Stygajny na Warmii
(The unique aureus of Faustina II with the legend of mater castrorum from the town of Stygajny in Warmia)
- Author(s):Aleksander Bursche, Marek F. Jagodziński
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:40-58
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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Barbarzyńcy na Sycylii. O wandalskich i ostrogockich wyprawach na wyspę
Barbarzyńcy na Sycylii. O wandalskich i ostrogockich wyprawach na wyspę
(Barbarians on Sicily: On Vandalic and Ostrogothic expeditions to the island)
- Author(s):Roksana Chowaniec
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:59-66
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:Sicily, as the biggest and the most centrally located island on the Mediterranean Sea, has always been thepoint of contact of various cultures and the intersection of trade routes. Many historical events took place on thisisland, including the struggles of the Western Roman Empire, and then the Eastern one, with barbarian Vandalsand Ostrogoths. From the end of the 30s of the 5th century, under the leadership of King Genseric, Vandals, whohad chosen the area of Northern Africa as their base, started to raid the island. The vicinity of Sicily and its strategiclocation, as well as its infrastructure, prompted the raids. After some violent expeditions and after peacehas been made with Emperor Valentinian III, it seemed like peace was secured for Sicily. However, the death ofthe ruler and its consequences, including Odoacer coming to power, and later Theodoric the Great and the Goths,once again “entangled” the Sicilian territories in confl ict with the barbarians. Emperor Justinian I undertook torestore stability and infl uence on the island. Thanks to Belisarius he fi rst pushed the Vandals out of the southwestpart of the island and then the Goths from the rest of the island. This complicated fragment of history wasrecorded not only by ancient historians but also in archaeological sources found on Sicily. Unfortunately, themany gaps in the source material, as well as the insuffi cient state of research, give rise to many questions on thecharacter of the relations, the status of the Vandals and Ostrogoths on the island and also on the role played inthese confl icts by the local population.
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The finds of the Przeworsk and Wielbark cultures in Herbert Jankuhn’s archives
The finds of the Przeworsk and Wielbark cultures in Herbert Jankuhn’s archives
(The finds of the Przeworsk and Wielbark cultures in Herbert Jankuhn’s archives)
- Author(s):Adam Cieśliński
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:67-74
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:The well-known German archeologist Herbert Jankuhn at the beginning of his career dealt with archeology of the periodRoman on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. He created a huge one while working on his doctoratea file containing drawings and descriptions of monuments originating mainly from the area of East Prussia. She iscurrently kept at the Archäologisches Museum in Schleswig. They are in the archive above allinformation about artifacts from the Prussia-Museum in Königsberg that have been largely destroyed or scatteredduring the war. The largest part of the collection consists of notes about the Baltic lands during the period of influenceRoman, above all Sambia. An interesting collection is also dozens of flashcards presenting materialsPrzeworsk and Wielbark culture from areas located east of the lower Vistula. They present fullchronological spectrum of cultural units of interest to us in north-eastern Poland, beginning withfrom the beginning of the younger pre-Roman period in the case of Przeworsk culture, and ending with an early oneduring the migration period of the peoples, as regards the Wielbark culture. In this part of the archive you will find informationabout 25 archaeological sites, of which the German researcher documented 125 objects, mainly gravesand loose finds. The documentation covers a total of 276 monuments. The file also contains handwritten onesJankuhn drawings, showing 201 monuments, as well as 21 photos. Despite some imperfections, sketches andthe lack of more detailed descriptions of the monuments and the circumstances of their discovery Jankuhn flashcards are suitable for studytypological and chronological, so that these materials can be included in the settlement analysis andresearch on cultural divisions in the region. Information from the Jankuhn archives has also been successfullyused to identify monument-free monuments from Prussia-Sammlung in the Museum fürVor- und Frühgeschichte in Berlin.
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Moneta Gajusza (Kaliguli), wybita dla Marka Agryppy, znaleziona w Radomiu
Moneta Gajusza (Kaliguli), wybita dla Marka Agryppy, znaleziona w Radomiu
(The coin of Gaius (Caligula), issued for Marcus Agrippa, found in Radom)
- Author(s):Renata Ciołek
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:75-81
- No. of Pages:6
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:The oldest Roman coins discovered in the Polish territories come from the Roman Republic period. Untilrecently, these coins were treated with suspicion and each was subject to careful analysis to confi rm its authenticity.This also applied to fi ndings of early-imperial coins. This is why the information about the fi nding ofan as, a bronze coin, showing Marcus Agrippa, issued in Rome under Caligula’s reign (37–41), has aroused somuch interest. Coins of this type are extremely rare specimens, even in the territories of the Roman Empire, notto mention the area of the Barbaricum. For this reason, it is important to study each specimen and to considerits authenticity. On Polish territories, emissions of Caligula for Marcus Agrippa have been unknown so far. Thefi nding, in my opinion, is not certain. It is only known that the coin was found many years ago by a student onthe outskirts of Radom or on the property where a student of the Faculty of History of the University of Warsawwas living. This would be the fi rst specimen then. The article presents the most important fi ndings of RomanRepublican and early-imperial coins from the area of Poland and its vicinity.Republican and early-imperial coins from the period up to 64 AD could have travelled to the areas north ofthe middle Danube in the second half of the 1st century AD and some of them could have arrived there probablyat the beginning of the 2nd century. On the territories of the Roman state, those emissions were in use for a verylong time, offi cially until 107 when Trajan withdrew them from circulation through a legal act. Even after thisreform, Republican specimens were not completely eliminated from use, as indicated by treasures from the endof the 2nd and the beginning of the 3rd century. Earlier political contacts between tribes inhabiting in the 1st centuryAD the areas of present-day Małopolska and the people of the South are attested by coins from the treasurefrom Połaniec.
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Co przechowywano w zamykanej kasetce?
Co przechowywano w zamykanej kasetce?
(What was stored in a lockable box?)
- Author(s):Katarzyna Czarnecka
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:82-91
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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Tajemniczy labirynt z Rhizon
Tajemniczy labirynt z Rhizon
(The mysterious maze of Rhizon)
- Author(s):Piotr Dyczek, Janusz Reclaw
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:92-102
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsa; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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Wojny dackie Trajana a napływ denarów rzymskich na tereny położone na północ od Karpat
Wojny dackie Trajana a napływ denarów rzymskich na tereny położone na północ od Karpat
(Trajan’s Dacian Wars and the infl ow of Roman denarii into the areas located north of the Carpathians)
- Author(s):Arkadiusz Dymowski
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:103-110
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:Professor Jerzy Kolendo pointed out the possibility that the infl ow of Roman imports into the territories ofsouth-east Poland and west Ukraine could have been related to the people living there taking part in the DacianWars. It is worth verifying whether it would be possible to support this thesis by using the available data on thefi nds of Roman coins, specifi cally denarii, from the territories of south and central Poland, occupied in the Romanperiod by the Przeworsk culture, identifi ed with the Lugii tribes. In the territories which are of interest here, onecan clearly distinguish two barely intersecting groups of denarii fi nds: fi rstly, coins from the Republican period,secondly, imperial coins from the 1st–2nd century. These groups can be identifi ed with the two most importantwaves of the infl ux of denarii into the territories of the Przeworsk culture.Taking into account the coin fi nds recorded so far, it is impossible to present any evidence that would provethat the infl ux of Roman denarii into the territories north of the Carpathians was related to Trajan’s Dacian Wars.It would only be possible to present traces based on which one could try to very hypothetically outline this phenomenon,if it existed at all. During the period of the Dacian Wars denarii could have travelled north in two waves:fi rstly, Republican coins with a mix of imitations and coins from the issues of the fi rst three emperors, secondly,coins from Trajan’s issues, perhaps with a small amount of earlier coins mixed in. The fi rst wave could haveoriginated in the money circulating in the area of pre-Roman Dacia, the second one – in the imperial treasury. Inthe second case, these could have been payments made to the Lugii, related to military activities (e.g. wages formercenaries) or diplomatic ones (e.g. tributes, subsidies) paid out by the Romans in newly issued coins.
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Tajemniczy greckojęzyczny informator Tacyta?
Tajemniczy greckojęzyczny informator Tacyta?
(Tacitus’ mysterious Greek-speaking informant?)
- Author(s):Radosław Andrzej Gawroński
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:111-115
- No. of Pages:4
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:The author examines the credibility of Tacitus’ account of the military equipment of the Aesti tribe, accordingto which they were supposed to have used clubs more often than iron weapons. There is a hypothesis suggestingthat Tacitus used the word fustis to describe fi ghting axes found in the inventories of burial complexes ofthe West Balt culture. The problem is that the Latin noun fustis used by Tacitus denoted only a stick or club. Theauthor argues that only in the Greek language the same words were used to designate clubs, maces and axes.A mace head found in Dura Europos considered together with a certain fragment of Arrian’s Ars Tactica testifies to the fact that the Romans were using the Greek word πέλεκυς, initially signifying axes, to describe macesor clubs. This leads to the conclusion that Tacitus’ original source was written in Greek. When interpreted thisway, the fragment about the military equipment of the Aesti perfectly matches earlier studies and refl ects realityaccurately. Thus, it is all the more probable that the original Greek description of the customs of the Aesti wasbased on the author’s own observations.
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The end of the Iron Age period in the Araxes valley (Armenia) from the perspective of Metsamor
The end of the Iron Age period in the Araxes valley (Armenia) from the perspective of Metsamor
(The end of the Iron Age period in the Araxes valley (Armenia) from the perspective of Metsamor)
- Author(s):Krzysztof Jakubiak
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:116-125
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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Brązowy posążek Zeusa Amona znaleziony w Ptolemais
Brązowy posążek Zeusa Amona znaleziony w Ptolemais
(Bronze statuette of Zeus Amon found in Ptolemais)
- Author(s):Piotr Jaworski
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:126-140
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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Przebieg kampanii turtănu Sargona II przeciw Aszdodowi. Przyczynek do dziejów Filistei pod koniec VIII wieku p.n.e.
Przebieg kampanii turtănu Sargona II przeciw Aszdodowi.
Przyczynek do dziejów Filistei pod koniec VIII wieku p.n.e.
(The course of the Turtănu Sargon II campaign against Ashdod. A contribution to the history of Filistei at the end of the 8th century BC)
- Author(s):Zdzisław J. Kapera
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:141-149
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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Z dala od uczęszczanych szlaków? Kilka słów o znaczeniu i miejscu Olbii na peryferiach świata rzymskiego
Z dala od uczęszczanych szlaków? Kilka słów o znaczeniu i miejscu Olbii na peryferiach świata rzymskiego
(A few words about the meaning and place of Olbia
on the periphery of the Roman world)
- Author(s):Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:150-167
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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O łodziach u Swionów
O łodziach u Swionów
(On the boats of the Suiones)
- Author(s):Bartosz Kontny
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:168-185
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:The paper recalls the information provided by Tacitus concerning the boats of the Suiones (Germania 44), situatedsomewhere in Scandinavia. The Roman historian claimed that the power of the Suiones was founded ontheir men, weapons and also a fl eet. The boats were characterized by the same shape of their two ends, i.e. thestern and the stem were symmetrical; vessels were sailless and paddles, fastened to the sides, were used insteadof oars. The author sheds light on this mention, presenting the current state of knowledge with reference to boatbuildingin the Baltic Sea region. He excludes the possibility that we are dealing with logboats and suggests theyare more likely to be double-ended clinker built boats, i.e. ones characterized by the overlapping of the edges oftwo adjacent strakes, although it is hard to say whether their planks were sewn together or fi xed with iron rivets.Taking into account the chronology of the data mentioned by Tacitus, i.e. 1st century AD, the former seemsslightly more plausible. Probably, they possessed no horns as spectacular technical elements, as being very strangefrom the Roman perspective, they would have been noticed by Tacitus’ informant. The crew paddled probablyin the sitting position, as in the case of the boat from Hjortspring. In conclusion, the author suggests that despitebeing seaworthy, such boats were not meant to carry heavy burdens, i.e. they were defi nitely not trading vesselsbut transport boats, just like the Nydam A, B and C boats from the 3rd and 4th centuries. Nevertheless, largeamounts of Roman goods were brought into the Baltic Sea, including mass orders (swords) and fragile glass vessels.Therefore, it seems possible that Roman vessels entered the region not only in 5 AD (Augustus’ fl eet appearedhere on a spying mission – see: Augustus, Res Gestae Divi Augusti 26, 4; Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia II, 167;Strabo VII, 2, 1) but also later, to be precise, in the 3rd century, so maybe one day a Roman merchant ship willbe found in the depths of the sea.
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Logistyka w pigułce. „Papirus Hunta” jako podsumowanie problemu zaopatrzenia armii rzymskiej w Mezji Dolnej
Logistyka w pigułce. „Papirus Hunta” jako podsumowanie
problemu zaopatrzenia armii rzymskiej w Mezji Dolnej
(Logistics in a nutshell: “Hunt’s papyrus” as a synopsis of the problem of supplying the Roman army in Moesia Inferior)
- Author(s):Martin Lemke
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:186-195
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:Understanding army logistics is important for understanding the Roman army and the Roman limes as such,especially the fundamental and dual role of the Danube. Camps and smaller garrisons were located depending onstrategic reasons. This included a thorough analysis of what the province could provide and also the stable coordinationof army supplies by specialized personnel. The logistics, especially of the 1st century, could have beenpartly improvised, which also required a specifi c skillset to be carried out, but overall they were proof of welldevised organization and planning ahead. Studying the logistics of the Roman army in Moesia Inferior, one hasa particular advantage, namely the British Museum Papyrus 2851. This particular fi nd enhances our knowledge,at the same time serving as a “synopsis” of the entire topic. The object in question has also been labelled Hunt’sPridianum or, somewhat imprecisely, but clearly enough for those interested in the topic — Hunt’s papyrus.We don’t know the exact provenance of this fi nd. The form of the document is comparable to a common pridianum,an annual personnel register or roster of an army unit. Apart from information on individual soldiers andunits, the system of army documentation also included data on current issues, such as the supply of food, arms,equipment, raw material and other goods, so that the commanding offi cers would know what they had at theirdisposal and could thus anticipate the necessary expenses and properly document them. The unit in question isthe cohors I Hispanorum veterana, which belonged to the garrison of Egypt before it was moved to Moesia Inferior.From this and other Roman army administrative documents, such as the Vindolanda tablets or other papyri fromEgypt and Dura Europos, we also learn that the soldiers of a single unit could be dispersed over a large areawhen acquiring supplies, so the cohors I Hispanorum veterana was no exception in this regard.
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Najstarszy ślad zainteresowań inskrypcjami greckimi w kulturze polskiej? Piotr Ciekliński i Jerzy Dousa w Konstantynopolu (1597)
Najstarszy ślad zainteresowań inskrypcjami greckimi w kulturze polskiej? Piotr Ciekliński i Jerzy Dousa w Konstantynopolu (1597)
(The oldest trail of interest Greek inscriptions in Polish culture? Piotr Ciekliński and Jerzy Dousa in Constantinople (1597))
- Author(s):Adam Łajtar
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:196-207
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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Importy rzymskie na Pomorzu Zachodnim z młodszego i późnego okresu rzymskiego oraz z wczesnej fazy okresu wędrówek ludów
Importy rzymskie na Pomorzu Zachodnim z młodszego i późnego okresu rzymskiego oraz z wczesnej fazy okresu wędrówek ludów
(Roman imports in Western Pomerania from the early and late Roman period, as well as from the early phase of the migration period)
- Author(s):Henryk Machajewski
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:208-219
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:The article is devoted to the issue of Roman imports fl owing into Western Pomerania at the end of antiquity.Among the fi nds from 23 archaeological sites, in reference to the conclusions of Ryszard Wołągiewicz (1970),at least three groups have been distinguished, infl owing in the period from phase C1b to the turn of phase Dand E. The fi rst are imports of the “Danish” and “fi nal” wave (phase C1b–C2) arriving from Scandinavian lands,the second are imports of the “fi nal” wave (phase C2–C3/D) with imports produced in south-west and south-eastEurope. Finally, the third group represents imports from the turn of phase D into E, originating in south-westEurope (Galia Belgica, Upper Germania).
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Paradny pas ze złotymi okuciami z grobu III z Wrocławia-Zakrzowa
Paradny pas ze złotymi okuciami z grobu III z Wrocławia-Zakrzowa
(The luxurious belt with gold fi ttings from grave III in Wrocław-Zakrzów)
- Author(s):Renata Madyda-Legutko, Marzena J. Przybyła
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:220-238
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:In the article, dedicated to the memory of Professor Jerzy Kolendo, the authors deal with the issue of thegold strap fi ttings from grave III in Wrocław-Zakrzów, dated to the last part of the 3rd century. These are fourtongue-shaped strap-end fi ttings and four gold buckles with an oval frame, decorated with an ornament made witha punch. They were found in the north-east corner of the grave pit in the bronze bowl E-84 together with otherobjects (Figs 2, 3a–d, 4:1–4). Only a few analogous specimens from the area of Central-European Barbaricum, datedto phase C2, can be found for these fi ttings. However, in the 3rd and 4th centuries buckles with oval frames andtongue-shaped strap ends were common in the late-Sarmatian communities of Eastern Europe, on the lower DonRiver, in Transcaucasia and in Crimea (Fig. 5:1–7). Single tongue-shaped fi ttings from the 3rd and 4th centuriesare also known from the fi nds from the Sarmatian groups of the Great Hungarian Plain (Fig. 5:8–11).The similar width of the tongue-shaped fi ttings and the buckle chapes, as well as the size and shape of therivets fi xing them, suggest that they belonged to one set of strap fi ttings. They were not parts of shoe fastenings orspur straps as they were not found near the feet of the deceased and spurs are not in the inventory of the grave.However, it is highly probable that they were part of a wide belt that was fastened with four buckles (Fig. 6), justlike the belts with three buckles from the princely graves of Wrocław-Zakrzów (grave I) and Gommern, JerichowerLand (Fig. 1:1, 2). It should be emphasized that in phase C1b–C2 in the Barbaricum territories the custom of placinga belt beside the deceased in richly decorated burials has been confi rmed.Gold fi ttings from grave III in Wrocław-Zakrzów, interpreted as belt fi ttings, are an example of the contactsbetween the people buried in the necropolis in Wrocław-Zakrzów and the nomadic groups of the North Ponticregion. Through their construction and resemblance to the belt from Gommern, the belts from grave I and III alsoindicate that the elites from territories situated so far apart had similar forms of self-presentation, which werevisible not only in the similar structure of incoming imports from Roman provinces but also in the elements of theirclothing. Moreover, both in Wrocław-Zakrzów (grave III) and in Gommern the belts were deposited right next tothe place where gaming pieces were found. Possibly, in the symbolism of burial rituals both categories of objectswere associated with a similar area of life – recreation in the company of others, judging by the gaming pieces.
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Der Goldanhänger von Skierniewice-Ławki und seine Ritzdarstellungen
Der Goldanhänger von Skierniewice-Ławki und seine Ritzdarstellungen
(The gold pendant of Skierniewice-Ławki and his carvings)
- Author(s):Magdalena Mączyńska
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:239-246
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsa; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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Wśród przyjaciół w Krzemieńcu
Wśród przyjaciół w Krzemieńcu
(Among friends in Krzemieniec)
- Author(s):Marta Męclewska
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:247-258
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:Professor Jerzy Kolendo in 1969 drew attention to an issue close to his heart, that is, the history of the numismaticcollection in the Krzemieniec school founded by Tadeusz Czacki in 1805. It was an exceptional collection – compiledat the Warsaw Castle at the order of King Stanisław August and after his death bought, together with the RoyalLibrary, for the Secondary School (Lyceum) in Krzemieniec. Professor Kolendo provided an outline of the subjectarea and a direction for further research, based on numerous studies and archive materials of the JagiellonianLibrary. Most importantly, he recommended that scholars gain access to the archives in Kiev, where he expectedto fi nd more abundant materials for the identifi cation of the collection from Krzemieniec. The goal set out by theProfessor started a path that was then followed by his students. The Numismatic Cabinet was created at the RoyalCastle in Warsaw in 1981, the aim of which was the study of the history of the royal numismatic collection, whichat the time was the largest one in Poland (over 18,000 objects, including approximately 8,400 ancient objects andmore than 9,400 modern ones). A team composed of the staff of the Castle and researchers from the University ofWarsaw, with the help of two study grants devoted to the history of the collection, conducted extensive archivalresearch in Polish archives and after 1991 also in Ukrainian, Lithuanian and Russian ones. As a result, afterthe penetration of 21 archives and libraries, an outline of the history of the collection was formulated, dividedinto four stages: 1) the Warsaw period – at the court of Stanisław August at the Castle in Warsaw (1764–1805);2) the Krzemieniec period (1805–1828); 3) the Vilnius period (1828–1834); 4) the Kiev period (1834–present day).The collection, transported to Krzemieniec (together with catalogues of ancient coins compiled in Warsaw byReverend John Baptist Albertrandi), waited until 1820 for the Numismatic Cabinet to be appropriately fi tted andfor the catalogues to be completed by the “keeper of the Cabinet,” Franciszek Skarbek-Rudzki. Despite that, in1811 a Visitor’s Book of the Cabinet was created – Liber inscribendorum nominum Eorum qui Cimelium NumismaticumGymnasii Volhyniensis Cremeneci visitavere. Anno 1811 – in which in the years 1811 and 1815–1827 were recordedvisits of eminent personages of the world of the sciences, representatives of the Volhynian gentry, great familiesof the Commonwealth, who supported the “Volhynian Athens” as the school was referred to. In the book wecan fi nd the fi nest names of the Polish intellectual, political and military elites. They formed Tadeusz Czacki’scircle of friends, involved institutionally and fi nancially in the organization of the school, making donations tothe various collections of the school and still taking care of the school after Tadeusz Czacki’s death in 1813 (exceptM. Nowosilcow). The end came in 1834 when the Russian authorities closed the school and when the collectionswere transported to Kiev. Today the collection is housed at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine,without the origins of the numismatic objects being preserved.
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„Inwentarze” Pana Antoniego
„Inwentarze” Pana Antoniego
(The “inventories” of Mr. Anthony)
- Author(s):Mariusz Mielczarek
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:259-270
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:The principles of “library archaeology,” propagated by Professor Jerzy Kolendo, produce interesting resultsalso in cases relating to the middle of the previous century. An example of this is Anthony Klein’s (1901–1968)collection of ancient coins, assembled in the Middle East during the Second World War. It is one of the mostvaluable assemblages acquired by Polish soldiers in the Middle East in the 1940s (currently housed at the Museumof Archaeology and Ethnography in Łódź). Klein’s archaeological experience resulted in him writing down thedata on the places where the coins had been found, including two treasures of ancient coins.The high value of the numismatic collection of Anthony Klein has risen signifi cantly in connection to the“inventories” compiled by him, which were forgotten for many years and have now been brought to light. Theyare meticulously made lists, drawn up not long after Klein’s return to Poland in 1947. The “inventories” confi rmwhat was already known about the place where the coins had been found, but they also signifi cantly enrichthe accounts contained in the museum documentation. They include, among others, precise information on theplace and the circumstances of the discovery of many of the objects, provided with Anthony Klein’s considerablearchaeological knowledge and rich experience in this respect.The character and the contents of the “inventories,” thanks to more detailed records than the ones knownbefore, allow scholars to more precisely defi ne the fi nding place of individual coins, or treasures, and to pointto the circumstances of their discovery. Klein has only described two fi nds as treasures. Taking into account hisknowledge and experience in assessing fi nds (calling them explicitly “surface fi nds”), there are no grounds todoubt the designation of the type of fi nd. In the “inventories” there also appears the term “found in the culturallayer.” For example, “Jaffa / from the cultural layer / from the ruins of the city,” “Emmaus / surface / in a fi eld Eof the village of Emmaus” or “Greek coin from the 4th century BC” found “in the ruins on the coast of theMediterranean Sea between Tel Aviv and Apollonia.”In the light of the records included in the “inventories,” a new study of the “Palestinian” collection of AnthonyKlein is necessary. The coins assembled by him have become a valuable source for research on the circulation ofmoney in Palestine.
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Mechanizm wzrostu w zagłębiu metalurgicznym w Noricum
Mechanizm wzrostu w zagłębiu metalurgicznym w Noricum
(The growth mechanism in the ironworking centre in Noricum)
- Author(s):Szymon Modzelewski
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:271-278
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Polan; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:The East Alpine ironworking centre situated in Noricum during the late La Tène period and during the Romanrule was one of the most important areas of iron and steel production in Europe. This is where the famous Noricsteel was being made, widely known in the Roman Empire. During the imperial period, the ironworking centrewas the main factor stimulating economic development in the province. The origins of the ironworking centrein Noricum go back to the late La Tène period and are more or less contemporary with the beginnings of theexistence of Regnum Noricum. Its development correlated with the rise of agriculture which prospered becauseof a period of favourable, mild climate. The climate, the development of the iron centre and the economy of theprovince were all related. The article describes the proposed growth mechanism in the Noric ironworking centre.
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Descriptio Suebiae a realia archeologiczne
Descriptio Suebiae a realia archeologiczne
(Descriptio Suebiae and archeological realities)
- Author(s):Wojciech Nowakowski
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:279-289
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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Mitrydates i święty Jerzy, czyli echa antyku na kwartniku śląskim
Mitrydates i święty Jerzy, czyli echa antyku na kwartniku śląskim
(Mithridates and St George, or the echoes of antiquity on a Silesian kwartnik)
- Author(s):Borys Paszkiewicz
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:290-301
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:In the years 2012–2016 three specimens of an unknown type of kwartnik have been discovered, showinga head profi le on the obverse and on the reverse a fi gure of a nimbate knight holding a sword and a shieldwith a cross. Next to the fi gure the letters “C S” are written (Figs 1–3). The head profi le appears in three knowntypes of kwartniks from Wielkopolska, but on each of them it is depicted in a completely different style (Figs 4–6).The reverse has close analogies in three kwartniks: two of uncertain origins, one from a mint in Krosno in LowerSilesia. However, the attributes held by the standing knight are different in that case. The iconographic modelhere is derived from Brandenburg coinage but was also used in Wielkopolska.Despite the low quality of the die impressions of all the three coins, it is clear that the portrait die was perfectlymade. It is so different from the binding convention of the early 14th century that it must be patterned afteran ancient specimen. We consider the tetradrachm of Mithridates VI Eupator, the king of Pontus (120–63 BC) tobe the most similar one (Fig. 7). Although these coins do not appear in Poland, some have been found in the territoriesof south Ukraine which were linked to Poland in the 14th century through trading contacts. This directreference to Hellenistic coinage is an exception in European minting of the 14th century.The head on the kwartnik represents the ruler – the one issuing the coin. The nimbate man could be St Georgeor St Maurice. Both saints are very rarely patrons of Polish churches. The coin was probably minted in one ofthe centres of power of the dukes of north Silesia and Wielkopolska in the beginning of the 14th century. Kłeckowould be the most likely place, as it was the capital of the district in the times of the ruling of the dukes ofGłogów in Wielkopolska and its parish church was dedicated to St George. The letters “C S” could stand forC[onradus dux] S[lezie], referring to Conrad I, the Duke of Namysłów and east Wielkopolska in the years 1312–1313.Kłecko was completely destroyed in 1331 by a Teutonic raid and remained a small town, but at the turn of the13th and 14th centuries it had been one of the most important urban centres of Wielkopolska. During the discussion,Mr Krzysztof Górny suggested an alternative solution. There was a mint of the dukes of Głogów in Ścinawawhich was evidenced many times at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. Moneyer Conrad was the mayorof this town in 1310, and the old parish church there was dedicated to St George, hence the letters “C S” wouldmean Conradus – Stinavia. The attribution of this kwartnik to Ścinawa is also supported by the distribution offi nds (near Świebodzin and near Krosno Odrzańskie). This solution is more plausible.Even if both presented hypotheses turn out to be incorrect, the evident reference to Hellenistic coinage willremain a surprising supplement to the studies on the knowledge of ancient coins in historical Poland conductedby Jerzy Kolendo and his students.
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Vistula? Vistla? Visculus? Nazwa Wisły w Naturalis historia Pliniusza Starszego
Vistula? Vistla? Visculus? Nazwa Wisły w Naturalis historia Pliniusza Starszego
(Vistula? Vistla? Visculus? Names of the Wisła river in Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis historia)
- Author(s):Tomasz Płóciennik
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:302-313
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:The name of the Wisła river, the only toponym from the territories of present-day Poland mentioned by ancientwriters that has a clear meaning, appears in the Naturalis historia of Pliny the Elder four times (IV 81, IV 97 and –twice – IV 100). However, as a result of the manuscript tradition, it has been preserved in various, often corruptversions, as is also the case with the tradition of other ancient geographical treatises, including the Chorographiaof Pomponius Mela. The earliest publishers of Naturalis historia, following the postulates of Hermolaus Barbarus(1492), always reduced the hydronym – in three of the above-mentioned places – to the Vistula version, popularizedas the name of the Wisła river in humanist Latin. The fi ndings of Jean-Antoine Letronne (1814), based on thestudy of the tradition of the map of Agrippa found in Pliny, as well as two late antique geographical treatises,Divisio orbis terrarum and Dimensuratio provinciarum, and the medieval treaty Liber de mensura orbis terrae writtenby the Irish monk Dicuil, have allowed him to propose the form Vistla as a conjecture for these three places inNaturalis historia. This article – by attempting to ascertain which sources were used in each instance – aims todetermine which forms of the name of the river were written down by Pliny in each of the four mentioned places.The conclusions are as follows: When describing the borders and the size of Dacia (IV 81) – in reference to Agrippa’s map – Pliny usedthe name Vistla found on the map (accusative: Vistlam). Thus, here the text should read: Agrippa totum eumtractum ab Histro ad Oceanum bis ad decies centenum milium passuum in longitudinem, quattuor milibus minusCCCC in latitudinem ad fl umen V i s t l am a desertis Sarmatiae prodidit. The same name was also used in the late antique work Divisio orbis terrarum, which was also referring toAgrippa’s map, while in Dicuil’s medieval treaty it already appeared in its corrupt form as Hiustia. While presenting the Baltic coast (IV 97), Pliny used the Latinized version of the Greek name of Wisła,Οὐιστου՛λας (Vistulas, accusative: Vistulam), borrowed from some, probably Greek, source (Philemon?) whichdescribed this body of water and its coastline clockwise. The text should thus read: Quidam haec habitari adV i s t u l am usque fl uvium a Sarmatis, Venedis, Sciris, Hirris tradunt. The same name – perhaps corrupt from the very beginning and appearing as insulae – was used in Dicuil’streaty in the fragment in which he refers to this part of Pliny’s work and also – though in this case it isdiffi cult to explain the mechanism of such a tradition – in the late antique work Dimensuratio provinciarumreferring to Agrippa’s map. The form Vistulas (ablative: Vistula) was also used earlier by Pomponius Mela who, when referring to theborder of Sarmatia (III 33), had probably used the same source as Pliny in the description of the Balticcoastline (Philemon?). The text of this fragment of the work should thus be: Sarmatia intus quam ad marelatior, ab his quae secuntur V i s t u l a amne discreta, qua retro abit usque ad Histrum fl umen inmittitur. In the catalogue of the rivers of Germania (IV 100) Pliny carried out a kind of synthesis of the namespresented so far by providing the two versions of the name Wisła mentioned a little bit earlier: Amnes clariin Oceanum defl uunt: Guthalus, V i s t u l a s sive V i s t l a, Albis, Visurgis, Amisis, Rhenus, Mosa. The formVistla (or Viscla) was also used in the analogous catalogue of the rivers of Germania in Collectanea rerummemorabilium of Solinus, which was modelled on Pliny’s catalogue.
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Julia Alpinula i Lilla Weneda, czyli międzynarodowa kariera pewnej inskrypcji
Julia Alpinula i Lilla Weneda, czyli międzynarodowa kariera pewnej inskrypcji
(Julia Alpinula and Lilla Weneda, or the international career of a certain inscription)
- Author(s):Monika Rekowska-Ruszkowska
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:314-327
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:In his works, Professor Jerzy Kolendo has repeatedly noted the value of research on forgeries over the ages.As he pointed out several times – these studies are valuable and very interesting because the falsifi cations arewitnesses to the history of culture and mentality. The origin and later signifi cance of the fake inscription supposedlyfound in Avenches in Switzerland, ancient Aventicum, are studied in this paper. This inscription, created in the16th century by Paulus Merula from Dordrecht and fi rst published by Gruter in the 17th century, was exposed asa fake already at the beginning of the 19th century. Nevertheless, the person mentioned in the inscription, a certainJulia Alpinula, was considered to be historical. Consequently, she was claimed to be a heroine indispensable forthe construction of national identity in the era of the birth of the Swiss nation’s founding myth. A few decadeslater, the tragic fate of Julia Alpinula inspired Juliusz Słowacki, a Polish poet of the Romanticism, to bring theliterary protagonist to life in Lilla Weneda, a drama about the beginnings of Poland.
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Między literackim toposem a rzeczywistością Dieta mieszkańców Germanii w świetle relacji Tacyta
Między literackim toposem a rzeczywistością Dieta mieszkańców Germanii w świetle relacji Tacyta
(Between a literary topos and reality: The diet of the inhabitants of Germania in the light of Tacitus’ account)
- Author(s):Judyta Rodzińska-Nowak
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:328-334
- No. of Pages:6
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:Through an analysis of Tacitus’ account of the diet of the inhabitants of Germania, provided in the 23rd chapterof Germania, it has been demonstrated that it is presently diffi cult to clearly distinguish literary topos fromthe reality of every-day life of the Barbaricum tribes. Tacitus’ references to their simple meals that only staveoff hunger, to eating forest fruit and wild game as well as sour milk were supposed to show the crudeness ofthe Barbarians, while in the light of more recent studies on the diet of the inhabitants of the Central EuropeanBarbaricum they seem to a certain degree credible. Despite the growth of agriculture and animal husbandry,which has been proven by archaeological and botanical sources, the inhabitants of barbarian Europe made useof various natural resources by cultivating, gathering, hunting and fi shing. Perhaps, this situation was the effectof some more general determinants, both ecological and social, of the food economy of the prehistoric and earlyhistoric communities.
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Komendantura rzymskiego legionu w Novae. Od odsłoniętych ruin do pełnowymiarowej wizualizacji w terenie
Komendantura rzymskiego legionu w Novae. Od odsłoniętych ruin do pełnowymiarowej wizualizacji w terenie
(Command headquarters of the Roman legion in Novae:
From uncovering the ruins to a full-size reconstruction in situ)
- Author(s):Tadeusz Sarnowski
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:335-345
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:This article is a tribute to the memory of Professor Jerzy Kolendo who through his inquisitive publications ofthe inscriptions from statue bases and altars has brought us much closer to understanding the religious aspectsof the functioning of the architectural complex of the legionary command headquarters (principia) in Novae. Theprincipia complex, studied with some intermissions between 1971 and 2010, at the end of the 1st century and in the2nd century initially consisted of four main components, that is, a monumental gate (groma), a courtyard (forummilitare) with porticos, a basilica (basilica principiorum) and a rear line of administrative rooms and clubs (scholae)with a temple of standards (aedes principiorum). The article mainly presents the construction elements uncoveredduring the last several excavation campaigns. These are: (administrative?) rooms added in the 3rd century to thesouth of the back wall of the original principia, including a two-column portal opposite corridor Dz, stairs leadingfrom the back part of the camp (retentura) to corridors Dw and Dz, the interior arrangement of rooms Ez3,Bw and Cw, a courtyard with a big area covered with large stone slabs in the centre, probably set apart for altarsand statues, the eastern side entrance to the building. These and the other elements of the building uncoveredearlier have provided us with a fuller picture of the architecture of the complex which was suffi cient for a virtualreconstruction of its appearance. It was then used to make a full-size reconstruction in situ. Together withthe consolidated walls of the early-Byzantine episcopal complex situated directly to the west of the principia, itbecame the main element of the archaeological park which was opened in May 2014.
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Próby nawiązania dialogu pomiędzy królestwem Ottona I a kalifatem Omajadów
Próby nawiązania dialogu pomiędzy królestwem Ottona I
a kalifatem Omajadów
(Attempts to establish a dialogue between the kingdom of Otto and the Omajad caliphate)
- Author(s):Jerzy Strzelczyk
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:346-352
- No. of Pages:6
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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Ilustracje do Sztuki u Słowian, szczególnie w Polsce i Litwie przedchrześcijańskiej Józefa Ignacego Kraszewskiego Posążek z Wozniesieńska
Ilustracje do Sztuki u Słowian, szczególnie w Polsce
i Litwie przedchrześcijańskiej Józefa Ignacego Kraszewskiego Posążek z Wozniesieńska
(Illustrations from The Art of the Slavs, Especially in Pre-Christian Poland and Lithuania of Józef Ignacy Kraszewski: The statue from Wozniesieńsk)
- Author(s):Magdalena Sugalska
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:353-362
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:The article deals with the history of the research on the small equestrian statue from Wozniesieńsk describedby Józef Ignacy Kraszewski in The Art of the Slavs, Especially in Pre-Christian Poland and Lithuania (Polish: Sztukau Słowian, szczególnie w Polsce i Litwie przedchrześcijańskiej) and drawn by him (together with other specimens) onunpublished plates illustrating the book. The Art of the Slavs was the fi rst synthesis of the prehistory of the Polishand Lithuanian territories, for which Kraszewski compiled an inventory of the known archaeological sites andfi ndings. On 7 out of 41 plates made by Kraszewski, 35 small statues of various origin have been drawn. The discussedstatue is among them. The statue from Wozniesieńsk is one of around 60 cult images known from Europeand Asia and referred to in Russian literature as “freaks.” The defi ning characteristics of these objects are: nudity,deformation or lack of some body part, androgyny, emphasis on gender. This group of specimens is associatedwith the cult of the dead and of the ancestors, typical for all Turkish peoples grounded in shamanism, inhabitingthe grasslands of south-east Europe and south-west Asia from the 8th to the 11th century.
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Weryfikacja znalezisk monetarnych z północnego Mazowsza Skarb monet z Wiadrowa, pow. żuromiński – prawda czy mit?
Weryfikacja znalezisk monetarnych z północnego Mazowsza Skarb monet z Wiadrowa, pow. żuromiński – prawda czy mit?
(Verifi cation of the coin fi nds from north Mazovia:
The coin treasure from Wiadrowo (Żuromin district), truth or myth?)
- Author(s):Andrzej Szela
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:363-373
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:The references to this topic in the literature of the subject are full of ambiguity. According to the story,Wiadrowo is located west of Żuromin by the road to Brudnice. Although Brudnice are indeed situated to thewest of Żuromin, they are adjacent to it, while Wiadrowo is located north of the town. In individual publications,the number of coins also varies.Until recently, our knowledge of the settlements in this part of Mazovia during the period of Roman infl uencewas just as limited. This induced many scholars of this period to formulate the hypothesis about the zone of mutualfear which separated the two great archaeological cultures of these lands. Inasmuch as our knowledge of thepopulation of this area has been subject to substantial change as a result of the excavations conducted over the pastseveral years, the issues related to coin fi nds are still in need of further research. In the most recent publicationdiscussing this strip of Mazovia, eight coin fi nds from fi ve towns and one treasure have been mentioned.
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Kłódka z wizerunkiem twarzy znaleziona w Novae
Kłódka z wizerunkiem twarzy znaleziona w Novae
(Mask puzzle padlock found in Novae)
- Author(s):Agnieszka Tomas
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:374-391
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:In 2013, during the construction work connected to the modernization of the Archaeological Park in Novae,a bronze padlock with an arched shackle and decoration in the form of a human face has been discovered (Figs 1, 2).This kind of padlock is a rare fi nd; to date only 157 specimens are known, which are mostly found in collections.Their biggest catalogue was published in 2017 by Jerry Slocum and Dic Sonneveld, together with a review ofthe issue of their origins and functions. Their mechanism was quite complicated and consisted in unlocking hiddenplates so that the lock could be opened with a key (Fig. 3:A). To date, the discovered specimens have threetypes of fastenings: chain, horizontal shackle, vertical shackle (Fig. 3:B–D). Their function was probably to securea purse (Fig. 3E). Finds distribution maps presented by Slocum and Sonneveld indicate that the padlocks couldhave been produced in Aquileia and Iulia Concordia in northern Italy or perhaps in Asia Minor. Concordia andAquileia were important craft centres and Aquileia was also an important point on the trading route with theBarbaricum. One of the sepulchral reliefs from Aquileia, discovered in the cemetery in Beligna (where two padlockspecimens come from), depicts a locksmith (Fig. 4), while the padlock from Novae discussed here has closeanalogies in the fi nds from Concordia (Fig. 9:1).Because of the unusual and delicate construction, the discussed padlocks served more as a visual guaranteethat the protected valuables had not been opened by unauthorized persons. A similar function was performed byseal-boxes, so-called Siegelkapseln, which protected, e.g., documents (Fig. 5). The discussed padlocks could haveserved to protect purses and sacks in which money or valuables were kept or transported, also on longer journeys.A statue depicting a sack protected by a cord and a kind of lock (Fig. 6) comes from Aquileia, and fromthe territories of Noricum a relief showing a person holding such a purse in their hand (Fig. 7). Transfers of bothprivate and public money had to be covered by a guarantee. The relief from Rome depicting a protected sack andbearing the inscription VIATOR AD AERARIVM refers to the function of the person (usually a slave) transportingmoney from the state treasury (Fig. 8). The discussed padlock from Novae was found in the courtyard of thecommand headquarters. Perhaps, it is related to the hasty emptying of treasuries in which metals and valuableswere kept. These events took place at the beginning of the 4th century.Among the so-far discovered padlocks, two basic groups can be distinguished: Group I – decorated on oneside with the image of human heads: male (Fig. 9:1–5), female (Fig. 9:6–10) and schematic ones, Group II – decoratedon two sides with ram heads (Fig. 9:12, 14), a ram and a human head (Fig. 9:13, 15) and with schematic faces(Fig. 9:16). Both the male and female heads seem to have their origins in Celtic-Roman art (Figs 10 and 11:A),and they reappear in the 2nd–3rd century in the territories of the Barbaricum and function until late antiquity(Figs 11:B, C).The padlocks date to between the 1st century AD and the end of the 3rd century AD. Certainly, their mainfunction was to protect the transported money and valuables. Several padlocks have been found along the AmberRoad and one specimen was found by the Morava river, outside the empire. It seems that at least a part of theselocks could have served to protect metallic money transported to frontier areas where it was then prepared forfurther transport.
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Inskrypcje łacińskie w Monumenti dei Veliati
Inskrypcje łacińskie w Monumenti dei Veliati
(Latin inscriptions in Monumenti dei Veliati)
- Author(s):Jerzy Żelazowski
- Language:English, Polish, German
- Subject(s):Archaeology
- Page Range:392-413
- No. of Pages:21
- Keywords:Jerzy Kolendo; archaeology; Poland; Europe; University of Warsaw; Polish Academy of Sciences
- Summary/Abstract:A collection of over thirty studies written by renowned Polish scholars (archaeologists and historians), dedicated to the memory of a distinguished archaeologist, working for a long-time at the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the University of Warsaw, Professor Jerzy Kolendo. The articles deal with a broad range of issues – those concerned with the archaeology of different Polish regions (e.g., Mazovia, Western Pomerania) and of Europe (e.g., Sicily, Dacia, Germania).
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