The inscription DECEBALUS PER SCORILO was discovered in 1954 in
Sarmizegetusa Regia. It is stamp... more The inscription DECEBALUS PER SCORILO was discovered in 1954 in Sarmizegetusa Regia. It is stamped on a large conical vessel with a pair of stamps: DECEBALUS and PER SCORILO. The most common translation is “Decebalus, son of Skorilo”. The text is often commented on by linguists and historians. Anthroponyms are associated with the last independent northern Thracian king and his father. Another interpretation defines the inscription as a potter‘s mark; Scorilo as a potter; Decebalus as the owner of the workshop.
В: "Jubilaeus VІІІ / 2: Завръщане към изворите / In: Jubilaeus VIII / 2. Back to the sources. София, 2021, 81-91.
In this article are presented some of the problems concerning “translation” and interpretation of... more In this article are presented some of the problems concerning “translation” and interpretation of specific coins issues by North Thracian dynasties who are unknown in the ancient written tradition. The two discussed cases represent the coinage of Moscon and “Akrosander”. The number of registered finds is extremely limited. The specimens are found in contemporary Dobrudja: in the area south of the delta of river Istros and near the Westpontic Greek poleis. These territories from Northeast Thrace were inhabited in Antiquity by the Getae. The coins were struck in the Hellenistic period, but currently their dating (between the late 4th – 2nd century BC) is not explicit. The information extracted from numismatic material, but without the support of other sources as corrective, raises many questions of chronological, territorial and ethnodemographic kind. Key words: Βασιλεὺς Μοσκων, Βασιλεὺς Ακροσανδρ/ε, монетен тип Москон, дидрахми и хемидрахми/триоболи, севернотракийски владетели
The Culture of Thracians and their Neighbours. Proceedings of the Internacional Simposium in Memori of Prof. Mieczyslaw Domaradzki, with a Round Tabl “Archaeological Map of Bulgaria” (=BAR International Series 1350), 2005
There is a prevalent opinion in Bulgarian historiography (see, e.g., Йорданов 1984: 72-123; Попов... more There is a prevalent opinion in Bulgarian historiography (see, e.g., Йорданов 1984: 72-123; Попов, Д. 1989) that the two-component structure characteristic of the Thracians, built on the antagonism between the aristocracy and the community population, was preserved during the first millennium BC as well (Фол 1997: 55). The evidence by the ancient authors on the social categories of the Tarabosteis, Pil-leati/πιλοφόροι and Capillati/Κoμῆται/Comеtаi/Comatаi allow reconsidering the issue of the differentiation and the hierarchy in the Northern Thracian society. The issue invariably concerns the brief reign of the Getic ruler Burebista and the reform activities effected by him and by the priest Dekaineos. The processes of develop-ment and regulation in the socio-political and economic spheres, which crystallised in Northern Thrace around the mid-1st century BC, became manifested in Decebalus’ state.
The inscription DECEBALUS PER SCORILO was discovered in 1954 in
Sarmizegetusa Regia. It is stamp... more The inscription DECEBALUS PER SCORILO was discovered in 1954 in Sarmizegetusa Regia. It is stamped on a large conical vessel with a pair of stamps: DECEBALUS and PER SCORILO. The most common translation is “Decebalus, son of Skorilo”. The text is often commented on by linguists and historians. Anthroponyms are associated with the last independent northern Thracian king and his father. Another interpretation defines the inscription as a potter‘s mark; Scorilo as a potter; Decebalus as the owner of the workshop.
В: "Jubilaeus VІІІ / 2: Завръщане към изворите / In: Jubilaeus VIII / 2. Back to the sources. София, 2021, 81-91.
In this article are presented some of the problems concerning “translation” and interpretation of... more In this article are presented some of the problems concerning “translation” and interpretation of specific coins issues by North Thracian dynasties who are unknown in the ancient written tradition. The two discussed cases represent the coinage of Moscon and “Akrosander”. The number of registered finds is extremely limited. The specimens are found in contemporary Dobrudja: in the area south of the delta of river Istros and near the Westpontic Greek poleis. These territories from Northeast Thrace were inhabited in Antiquity by the Getae. The coins were struck in the Hellenistic period, but currently their dating (between the late 4th – 2nd century BC) is not explicit. The information extracted from numismatic material, but without the support of other sources as corrective, raises many questions of chronological, territorial and ethnodemographic kind. Key words: Βασιλεὺς Μοσκων, Βασιλεὺς Ακροσανδρ/ε, монетен тип Москон, дидрахми и хемидрахми/триоболи, севернотракийски владетели
The Culture of Thracians and their Neighbours. Proceedings of the Internacional Simposium in Memori of Prof. Mieczyslaw Domaradzki, with a Round Tabl “Archaeological Map of Bulgaria” (=BAR International Series 1350), 2005
There is a prevalent opinion in Bulgarian historiography (see, e.g., Йорданов 1984: 72-123; Попов... more There is a prevalent opinion in Bulgarian historiography (see, e.g., Йорданов 1984: 72-123; Попов, Д. 1989) that the two-component structure characteristic of the Thracians, built on the antagonism between the aristocracy and the community population, was preserved during the first millennium BC as well (Фол 1997: 55). The evidence by the ancient authors on the social categories of the Tarabosteis, Pil-leati/πιλοφόροι and Capillati/Κoμῆται/Comеtаi/Comatаi allow reconsidering the issue of the differentiation and the hierarchy in the Northern Thracian society. The issue invariably concerns the brief reign of the Getic ruler Burebista and the reform activities effected by him and by the priest Dekaineos. The processes of develop-ment and regulation in the socio-political and economic spheres, which crystallised in Northern Thrace around the mid-1st century BC, became manifested in Decebalus’ state.
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Sarmizegetusa Regia. It is stamped on a large conical vessel with a pair of
stamps: DECEBALUS and PER SCORILO. The most common translation is
“Decebalus, son of Skorilo”. The text is often commented on by linguists and historians. Anthroponyms are associated with the last independent northern Thracian king and his father. Another interpretation defines the inscription as a potter‘s mark; Scorilo as a potter; Decebalus as the owner of the workshop.
Key words: Βασιλεὺς Μοσκων, Βασιλεὺς Ακροσανδρ/ε, монетен тип Москон, дидрахми и хемидрахми/триоболи, севернотракийски владетели
Sarmizegetusa Regia. It is stamped on a large conical vessel with a pair of
stamps: DECEBALUS and PER SCORILO. The most common translation is
“Decebalus, son of Skorilo”. The text is often commented on by linguists and historians. Anthroponyms are associated with the last independent northern Thracian king and his father. Another interpretation defines the inscription as a potter‘s mark; Scorilo as a potter; Decebalus as the owner of the workshop.
Key words: Βασιλεὺς Μοσκων, Βασιλεὺς Ακροσανδρ/ε, монетен тип Москон, дидрахми и хемидрахми/триоболи, севернотракийски владетели