daniela stoyanova
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Archeology, Department Member
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Summarizing publications on the architectural terracotta and palmette antefixes in particular already exist for four of the well known Greek colonies in the Black Sea – Sinope, Mesambria, Olbia, and Istros. Recent archaeological... more
Summarizing publications on the architectural terracotta and palmette antefixes in particular already exist for four of the well known Greek colonies in the Black Sea – Sinope, Mesambria, Olbia, and Istros. Recent archaeological investigations in Apollonia Pontica, both on the peninsula and in the temenos on the offshore island of Sts. Kirik and Julita, uncovered new evidence that enriches the information about the types, the chronology, and the distribution of palmette antefixes in the Black Sea area from Late Archaic to Hellenistic times. The paper presents these new finds and complements them with related evidence of eaves tiles from Apollonia Pontica, when available. In addition, it offers an overview of the distribution, the types, and the production of palmette antefixes in the Black Sea, as well as of the use of palmette types on other elements of the roofing construction.
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A Tombstone or a False Stone Door of a Tomb from Heraclea Sintica In the lapidarium of the Archaeological Museum in Sandanski is kept a stone monument found as a result of illicit digging in the region of the village of Rupite, Petrich... more
A Tombstone or a False Stone Door of a Tomb from Heraclea Sintica
In the lapidarium of the Archaeological Museum in Sandanski is kept a stone monument found as a result of illicit digging in the region of the village of Rupite, Petrich municipality, where the remains of the Hellenistic and Roman town of Heraclea Sintica, including its necropoleis, have been identified. Due to this reason no data regarding its exact findspot is available. The monument presents a rectangular plate on whose upper surface are rendered in relief four rectangular cassettes. The field of each cassette is framed with a leaf ornament, whereas in the center of each field a different image is sculpted. In the two upper fields there is a seven-leaf rosette in two registers and an eagle, whereas in the two lower fields there is a seven-leaf rosette in one register and a theatrical mask. Each of the three vertical and horizontal bands shaping the cassettes has a different width. The back, side, lower and upper surfaces are crudely made. The decorative scheme on the front side features a two-leaf stone door. This offers two different interpretations: the monument is a door-stopper, closing a tomb’s entrance or a stela decorated with a two-leaf door. The tombstones decorated with stone doors, in different variants, were widespread during the Roman period. Similarly, however, stone doors, functional or decorative, upon which the same scheme with a two-leaf door with four cassettes continued to be produced. Although the monument under discussion lacks a primary archaeological context and a secure interpretation, the present decorative elements – the leaf ornament, the eagle and the theatrical mask determine its chronology within the 2nd-3rd c. AD.
In the lapidarium of the Archaeological Museum in Sandanski is kept a stone monument found as a result of illicit digging in the region of the village of Rupite, Petrich municipality, where the remains of the Hellenistic and Roman town of Heraclea Sintica, including its necropoleis, have been identified. Due to this reason no data regarding its exact findspot is available. The monument presents a rectangular plate on whose upper surface are rendered in relief four rectangular cassettes. The field of each cassette is framed with a leaf ornament, whereas in the center of each field a different image is sculpted. In the two upper fields there is a seven-leaf rosette in two registers and an eagle, whereas in the two lower fields there is a seven-leaf rosette in one register and a theatrical mask. Each of the three vertical and horizontal bands shaping the cassettes has a different width. The back, side, lower and upper surfaces are crudely made. The decorative scheme on the front side features a two-leaf stone door. This offers two different interpretations: the monument is a door-stopper, closing a tomb’s entrance or a stela decorated with a two-leaf door. The tombstones decorated with stone doors, in different variants, were widespread during the Roman period. Similarly, however, stone doors, functional or decorative, upon which the same scheme with a two-leaf door with four cassettes continued to be produced. Although the monument under discussion lacks a primary archaeological context and a secure interpretation, the present decorative elements – the leaf ornament, the eagle and the theatrical mask determine its chronology within the 2nd-3rd c. AD.
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Даниела Стоянова (София) настоящата статия има за цел да представи общ поглед върху упо требата на строителна керамика и архитектурна теракота в одесос в предримската епоха. Разгледаните материали са основно от елинис тическата епоха.... more
Даниела Стоянова (София) настоящата статия има за цел да представи общ поглед върху упо требата на строителна керамика и архитектурна теракота в одесос в предримската епоха. Разгледаните материали са основно от елинис тическата епоха. на този етап от проучванията на античния одесос липсва конкретна информация за употреба на строителна керамика преди елинистическата епоха, но данните от другите центрове по западния бряг на Черно море – истрия 1 , аполония 2 и Месамбрия 3 , подсказват, че няма основания да се съмняваме, че има употреба и в поранно време 4. още повече че от одесос са налице сигурни данни за монументални архитектурни сгради, които изискват покритие от керемиди 5. І. характериСтика на обектите, от които е изСледвана Строителна керамика и архитектурна теракота Разглежданият материал произхожда основно от два обекта: от спасителни археологически разкопки на обект в Повеляново (днес квартал на Девня), проучен през 1970 г. 6 , и от спасителни проучвания на ул. " Цар иван Шишман " във варна 7 през 1985–1989 г. Цялостните резултати от посочените обекти не са публикувани. При строителството на теЦ " Девня " се попада на останки от ели нистически обект. Строителната керамика произхожда от комплекс, състоящ се от три помещения, стените на които са изградени от ка менен цокъл от добре обработени варовикови блокове, над който следват кирпичи и покрив от керемиди. Сградата е унищожена от силен пожар, което е довело до запазване на кирпичите и се е отра зило върху състоянието на керемидите. Покривът на сградата е доку ментиран паднал върху нея. във фонда на археологическия музей във варна се съхраняват осем фрагмента от коринтски плоски кере миди с печат и още няколко характерни фрагмента от плоски и покри ващи керемиди. наличните данни са достатъчни, за да може да се
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Проблеми на тракийската култура, 8, Велико Търново, 2016, 31-88