Original scientific paper

New dicoveries of cult monuments in Sisak

Aleksandra Nikoloska
Josip Burmaz

Abstract

During rescue excavations which preceded construction
of the new building of the Historical Archives in
the city of Sisak, new artefacts of Roman religious life
were discovered. This included a brass bust/appliqué
of a younger deity wearing an ivy wreath, a small
sandstone sculpture of a lion with an animal’s head
under its paw, and the lower part of a limestone altar.
The brass blätterkelch-type bust has been attributed
to the young god Dionysus and it belongs among a
group of items which served as ornaments for Roman
tripods. The lion figure was a component of broader
cult symbolism in Oriental religions often discovered
on grave monuments. These new Roman discoveries
from Sisak are unique and they enhance general
knowledge of religious life in Roman Sisak.

Keywords

Sisak; rimsko doba; Bakho; lav; glava bika; glava ovna; Serapis; metroačka religija

Hrčak ID:

26722

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/26722

Publication date:

22.8.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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