Papers by Alexey Belousov
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2016
Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia, 2020
The paper is devoted to the cross-guard of the fragmentary dagger found in 1984 in the princely n... more The paper is devoted to the cross-guard of the fragmentary dagger found in 1984 in the princely nomad burial near the village of Kosika in the Lower Volga area, belonging to the type of ceremonial daggers which were widespread in Eurasia in the 1st century BC-1st century AD and which became one of the insignia of power as testified by the finds in the princely nomadic burials and depictions on the royal figures on the stelae from Commagene. The dated (year 238) dotted inscription preserved on the gold overlay of the cross-guard found by one of the authors in 2015 and completely cleaned from the iron oxides in 2017 contains an indication of the craftsmen and the weight of gold, confirmed by the eklogistes, which means estimated on the highest state level. The inscription allows us to suggest, with high degree of probability, that the dagger may have been manufactured either as a tax payment of the corporation to the state or rather was ordered by a king to serve as a gift to an equal...
Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia, 2009
Проблемы истории, филологии, культуры, 2022
The article is a publication of a unique lamp with the depiction of the prophet
Jonah and the se... more The article is a publication of a unique lamp with the depiction of the prophet
Jonah and the sea monster – κῆτος. This lamp was found by R.Kh. Loeper during the excavations
of the necropolis of Tauric Chersonesos in 1910. The image on the discus of the lamp depicts
the moment when Jonah was thrown from the ship into the open sea, and was swallowed up
later by a sea monster. Below the human fi gure are the traces of the Greek letters ΙΩ̣, which we
interpret as the initial letters of the prophet’s name - Ἰω̣[νᾶς]. The story goes back to the text of
the Old Testament, and was very popular. This iconography has many parallels in reliefs and
frescoes discovered in Rome and other cities of the empire and traditionally associated with
early Christianity. The context of the Chersonesos crypt, in which the lamp was found, is dated
according to the accompanying inventory no later than the middle of the 3rd century AD. At
the base of the lamp, the inscription ΧΟΛϹ / ΗΡ Ϲ was made on wet clay, which is probably an
abbreviation of the name of the lamp-maker. This lamp was produced in Asia Minor in line with
the syncretism of the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian religions. Any resident of the city, who
knew and honoured the traditions of the Old Testament, could use the lamp. Considering such an
early dating of the crypt, it is diffi cult to interpret the iconography of this lamp as unambiguously
early Christian. Perhaps it can be associated with the Jewish tradition
В статье дается критический обзор публикаций за 2020 год, содержащих античный эпиграфический мате... more В статье дается критический обзор публикаций за 2020 год, содержащих античный эпиграфический материал Северного Причерноморья.
The paper gives a survey and a critical analysis of the publications of 2020 year,
which contain the ancient epigraphic material from the Northern Black Sea region.
Аннотация: В статье дается критический обзор публикаций за 2019 год, содержащих
античный эпиграфи... more Аннотация: В статье дается критический обзор публикаций за 2019 год, содержащих
античный эпиграфический материал Северного Причерноморья.
Ключевые слова: греческая эпиграфика, римская эпиграфика, Северное Причерноморье, Ольвия, Тира, Херсонес, Боспор
Abstract: The paper gives a survey and a critical analysis of the publications of 2019 year, which contain the ancient epigraphic material from the North Black Sea region.
Keywords: Greek epigraphy, Roman epigraphy, Northern Black Sea Region, Tyras, Olbia, Chersonnesos, Bosporus
To cite this article: Belousov A.V, Eliseeva L.G., Castelli Th. The Greek and Latin Inscriptions
of Ancient North Black Sea Region. 2019 year. Aristeas XXIII (2021): 93–124.
The author republishes the Greek inscription on a bronze dipper discovered in a Sarmatian burial ... more The author republishes the Greek inscription on a bronze dipper discovered in a Sarmatian burial in the Rostov region in 1927: ΓΛ / Διαδουμενὸς / χρυσωταῖς / νεωτέροις / νέθηκε οἰκονομοῦντος
/ Θεοφίλου (ΓΛ (?) Diadoumenos dedicated to the junior guilders under the oikonomos Theophilos). The author suggests that ΓΛ could be a date (year 33) rather than an abbreviation of a name. The second part of the article is devoted to a recently published inscription on a bronze cauldron from the farmstead of Bazki (Volgograd region). The author suggests a different reading and understanding of this document. In his opinion, this is not a proprietary inscription but a bureaucratic record
certifying the number of drachmas that might have been kept in this vessel.
The paper is devoted to the cross-guard of the fragmentary dagger found in 1984 in the princely n... more The paper is devoted to the cross-guard of the fragmentary dagger found in 1984 in the princely nomad burial near the village of Kosika in the Lower Volga area, belonging to the type of ceremonial daggers which were widespread in Eurasia in the 1st century BC-1st century AD and which became one of the insignia of power as testified by the finds in the princely nomadic burials and depictions on the royal figures on the stelae from Commagene. The dated (year 238) dotted inscription preserved on the gold overlay of the cross-guard found by one of the authors in 2015 and completely cleaned from the iron oxides in 2017 contains an indication of the craftsmen and the weight of gold, confirmed by the eklogistes, which means estimated on the highest state level. The inscription allows us to suggest, with high degree of probability, that the dagger may have been manufactured either as a tax payment of the corporation to the state or rather was ordered by a king to serve as a gift to an equal person. Moreover, the analysis of the inscription suggests that the object could have been made in Asia Minor, perhaps in Commagene, in 74 BC (that means the date falls in the Seleucid era),
The article is devoted to examining readings and
establishing the text of one Bosporan magic tabl... more The article is devoted to examining readings and
establishing the text of one Bosporan magic tablet
from Panticapaeum. The author proposes a new
text of the inscription with a critical apparatus and
discusses a new interpretation of this monument
given recently by Eleni Chronopoulou against the
broader background of ancient magical practice.
Key words: inscription; magical; Panticapaeum;
anonymous.
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Papers by Alexey Belousov
Jonah and the sea monster – κῆτος. This lamp was found by R.Kh. Loeper during the excavations
of the necropolis of Tauric Chersonesos in 1910. The image on the discus of the lamp depicts
the moment when Jonah was thrown from the ship into the open sea, and was swallowed up
later by a sea monster. Below the human fi gure are the traces of the Greek letters ΙΩ̣, which we
interpret as the initial letters of the prophet’s name - Ἰω̣[νᾶς]. The story goes back to the text of
the Old Testament, and was very popular. This iconography has many parallels in reliefs and
frescoes discovered in Rome and other cities of the empire and traditionally associated with
early Christianity. The context of the Chersonesos crypt, in which the lamp was found, is dated
according to the accompanying inventory no later than the middle of the 3rd century AD. At
the base of the lamp, the inscription ΧΟΛϹ / ΗΡ Ϲ was made on wet clay, which is probably an
abbreviation of the name of the lamp-maker. This lamp was produced in Asia Minor in line with
the syncretism of the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian religions. Any resident of the city, who
knew and honoured the traditions of the Old Testament, could use the lamp. Considering such an
early dating of the crypt, it is diffi cult to interpret the iconography of this lamp as unambiguously
early Christian. Perhaps it can be associated with the Jewish tradition
The paper gives a survey and a critical analysis of the publications of 2020 year,
which contain the ancient epigraphic material from the Northern Black Sea region.
античный эпиграфический материал Северного Причерноморья.
Ключевые слова: греческая эпиграфика, римская эпиграфика, Северное Причерноморье, Ольвия, Тира, Херсонес, Боспор
Abstract: The paper gives a survey and a critical analysis of the publications of 2019 year, which contain the ancient epigraphic material from the North Black Sea region.
Keywords: Greek epigraphy, Roman epigraphy, Northern Black Sea Region, Tyras, Olbia, Chersonnesos, Bosporus
To cite this article: Belousov A.V, Eliseeva L.G., Castelli Th. The Greek and Latin Inscriptions
of Ancient North Black Sea Region. 2019 year. Aristeas XXIII (2021): 93–124.
/ Θεοφίλου (ΓΛ (?) Diadoumenos dedicated to the junior guilders under the oikonomos Theophilos). The author suggests that ΓΛ could be a date (year 33) rather than an abbreviation of a name. The second part of the article is devoted to a recently published inscription on a bronze cauldron from the farmstead of Bazki (Volgograd region). The author suggests a different reading and understanding of this document. In his opinion, this is not a proprietary inscription but a bureaucratic record
certifying the number of drachmas that might have been kept in this vessel.
establishing the text of one Bosporan magic tablet
from Panticapaeum. The author proposes a new
text of the inscription with a critical apparatus and
discusses a new interpretation of this monument
given recently by Eleni Chronopoulou against the
broader background of ancient magical practice.
Key words: inscription; magical; Panticapaeum;
anonymous.
Jonah and the sea monster – κῆτος. This lamp was found by R.Kh. Loeper during the excavations
of the necropolis of Tauric Chersonesos in 1910. The image on the discus of the lamp depicts
the moment when Jonah was thrown from the ship into the open sea, and was swallowed up
later by a sea monster. Below the human fi gure are the traces of the Greek letters ΙΩ̣, which we
interpret as the initial letters of the prophet’s name - Ἰω̣[νᾶς]. The story goes back to the text of
the Old Testament, and was very popular. This iconography has many parallels in reliefs and
frescoes discovered in Rome and other cities of the empire and traditionally associated with
early Christianity. The context of the Chersonesos crypt, in which the lamp was found, is dated
according to the accompanying inventory no later than the middle of the 3rd century AD. At
the base of the lamp, the inscription ΧΟΛϹ / ΗΡ Ϲ was made on wet clay, which is probably an
abbreviation of the name of the lamp-maker. This lamp was produced in Asia Minor in line with
the syncretism of the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian religions. Any resident of the city, who
knew and honoured the traditions of the Old Testament, could use the lamp. Considering such an
early dating of the crypt, it is diffi cult to interpret the iconography of this lamp as unambiguously
early Christian. Perhaps it can be associated with the Jewish tradition
The paper gives a survey and a critical analysis of the publications of 2020 year,
which contain the ancient epigraphic material from the Northern Black Sea region.
античный эпиграфический материал Северного Причерноморья.
Ключевые слова: греческая эпиграфика, римская эпиграфика, Северное Причерноморье, Ольвия, Тира, Херсонес, Боспор
Abstract: The paper gives a survey and a critical analysis of the publications of 2019 year, which contain the ancient epigraphic material from the North Black Sea region.
Keywords: Greek epigraphy, Roman epigraphy, Northern Black Sea Region, Tyras, Olbia, Chersonnesos, Bosporus
To cite this article: Belousov A.V, Eliseeva L.G., Castelli Th. The Greek and Latin Inscriptions
of Ancient North Black Sea Region. 2019 year. Aristeas XXIII (2021): 93–124.
/ Θεοφίλου (ΓΛ (?) Diadoumenos dedicated to the junior guilders under the oikonomos Theophilos). The author suggests that ΓΛ could be a date (year 33) rather than an abbreviation of a name. The second part of the article is devoted to a recently published inscription on a bronze cauldron from the farmstead of Bazki (Volgograd region). The author suggests a different reading and understanding of this document. In his opinion, this is not a proprietary inscription but a bureaucratic record
certifying the number of drachmas that might have been kept in this vessel.
establishing the text of one Bosporan magic tablet
from Panticapaeum. The author proposes a new
text of the inscription with a critical apparatus and
discusses a new interpretation of this monument
given recently by Eleni Chronopoulou against the
broader background of ancient magical practice.
Key words: inscription; magical; Panticapaeum;
anonymous.
средневековой и новоевропейской магии ([рецензия: ] Boschung D., Bremmer J.N. The Materiality of Magic. Padeborn, 2015 (Morphomata 20)) // Аристей. Вестник классической филологии и античной истории. XV. 2017. 241–273.
PS
В полной электронной версии исправлены самые вопиющие опечатки, насколько они могли быть исправлены без ущерба для верстки. Прошу коллег пользоваться именно этой русской версией книги. В английской версии, которая должна выйти в свет в начале 2021 года, эти опечатки устранены, хотя не факт, что не появятся новые.
Я очень благодарен Софии Эдуардовне Андреевой за очень внимательное чтение моей книжки и любезные указания на опечатки.
магистратуры, специализирующегося на истории Древнего мира или истории Церкви. Будучи, по сути, введением в изучение античных религий, книга будет интересна всем интересующимся древней историей и религиоведением.
Abstract: The manual includes a curriculum and a brief description of the content of the course “The Religious Environment of Early Christianity”, which was read by the author in 2009–2013 at the history faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The materials presented in the book are primarily aimed for the student (and teacher) of undergraduate or
Masters specializing in Ancient History or Church History. Being, in fact, an introduction to the study of ancient classical religions, the book will be of interest to all those interested in ancient history and classical religious studies.
[Буду благодарен за замеченные ошибки, разумеется]
[[Я искренне благодарю моих друзей и коллег Елену Ермолаеву и Всеволода Зельченко за предложенные исправления и дополнения]]
[Буду благодарен за замеченные ошибки, разумеется]
From personal teaching experience classical languages by "natural" method
Alexey V. Belousov
The article describes the author's personal experience of teaching Latin and Ancient Greek languages in high school and university. The author tells briefly the story of the direct method in pre-revolutionary Russia and in Moscow at the beginning of the XXI century, he describes the main manuals and teaching methods.
Keywords: direct method, natural method, Ancient Greek language, Latin language, Filippovskaya school, Moscow State University, Russian State University for Humanities, Academia Vivarium Novum.
http://www.hist.msu.ru/research/conference/24616/