Dea Dardanica

Dea Dardanica found in Vërban, Kosovo

Dea Dardanica, also known as the Dardanian Goddess, is an archaeological artifact found in Kosovo that represents an ancient deity associated with the Dardani, an Illyrian people.[1] The artifact was found in the archaeological site of Vërban, which is located in the municipality of Viti.[2]

Overview

Dea Dardanica is the very conventional name used in modern scholarship for a goddess attested in ancient Dardania,, mainly through inscriptions and votive monuments from the called Roman period. The evidence is limited, and no source preserves a full mythology or description of her cult at all.[3][4]

The goddess has been interpreted for the experts as a continuation of a local Dardanian deity, as a Roman-period expression of regional identity, or as a combination of both, that can be too. The debate reflects the context of the finds, many of which belong to the imperial period and are associated with military or administrative personnel.[5] Among the best examples are the altars from "Smira and Vendenis", whose inscriptions ar mention members of Legio IV Flavia Felix.[6][7]

The iconography associated with Dea Dardanica has been connected with protection, fertility, territorial identity and, in some studies, solar or cosmological symbolism, among others ideas. These interpretations remain tentative, since the surviving material does not define her attributes systematically.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shukriu, Edi (2014). Dea Dardanicae (in Albanian). Akademia e Shkencave dhe e Arteve e Kosovës. ISBN 978-9951-615-35-8.
  2. ↑ Shukriu, Edi (2004). "Dea Dardane - Ikonografia dhe funksionet" [Dea Dardania - Iconography and functions]. Kosova.
  3. ↑ "FJALËSI I ZËRAVE TË FJALORIT ENCIKLOPEDIK TË KOSOVËS" [Entry words of the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Kosovo]. ashak.org. Akademia e Shkencave dhe e Arteve e Kosovës. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  4. ↑ Shukriu, Edi (1999). "Mbretëria Dardane / The Dardan Kingdom". Iliria. 29 (1): 7–28. doi:10.3406/iliri.1999.1706.
  5. ↑ Mihajlović, Vladimir D. (2016). "Dea Dardanica: Pre-Roman tribal deity or Roman imperial construct?". Etnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology. 11 (3): 679–710. doi:10.21301/EAP.V11I3.3.
  6. ↑ Dobruna-Salihu, Exhlale (2011). "Altari i Dea Dardanicae dhe stacioni beneficiar nga Vendenisi / A votive altar of Dea Dardanica and a beneficiary station from Vendenis". Iliria. 35 (1): 243–254. doi:10.3406/iliri.2011.1108.
  7. ↑ Samardžić, Gligor M. (2019). "Notes on the cult of the goddess Dea Dardanica in the South of Upper Moesia: A few examples from Kosovo and Metohija" (PDF). Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Prištini. 49 (3): 191–199. doi:10.5937/ZRFFP49-23024.
  8. ↑ Shukriu, Edi (2005). "Dea Dardanicae - Ikonografia, simbolet dhe funksionet" [Deae Dardanicae: Iconography, symbols and functions]. Kosova (in Albanian) (26): 9–32. doi:10.62609/ks.vi26.5707.
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