Sofija Petković
Biographic Data
| ID | 4989310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sofija Petković |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sofija |
| FAMILY NAME | Petković |
| SIGNATURE | PETKOVIĆ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7403-8277 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Early medieval burial of woman and fox at the slog necropolis in Ravna (Timacum Minus) in Eastern Serbia
On the eastern slope of Slog Hill in Ravna, some 400 m to the west of the Roman fortification of Timacum Minus, a multilayered necropolis was investigated from 1994 to 1996 and from 2013 to 2015. There are two main horizons of the necropolis - Late Roman and Early Medieval. The late Roman necropolis has three phases dated from the middle of the 4th to the middle of the 5th century. The early medieval necropolis, according to the new excavations, …
A portrait oil lamp from Pontes
The subject of this paper is a fragmented oil-lamp, discovered at Pontes (east Serbia) dated to the 6th century, whose handle ending is shaped as a woman?s head. The question posed in this paper is whether the image of this woman could be identified as a portrait of some particular person or if it is just as a pictorial sign with some complicated symbolic meaning. The suggested identification alludes to the image of some of the empresses from the…
Military graves from the Late Roman necropolis at slog in Ravna (Timacum Minus)
The necropolises of the Roman fortification and settlement Timacum Minus, in the village of Ravna, near Knjazevac, were partially explored by systematical and rescue archaeological excavations. The most extensively explored was the part of the Late Roman necropolis on the eastern slope of the Slog hill, about 400m west of the fortification, where 80 graves from this period have been investigated. The analysis of the human osteological material, a…
Archaeological excavations at Gamzigrad - Romuliana in 2007-2008
Systematical archaeological excavations at the site Gamzigrad - Felix Romuliana continued in 2007-2008 in the south-eastern part of the fortified imperial palace, in the section of the thermae according to the plan of archaeological research for this site (2005-2009). In 2007, squares L'XXIV, M'XXIV, M'XXIH and M'XXII, which were investigated in 2005 to the horizon c, dated to the end of the 5th and the beginning of the 6th centuries, were comple…
Votive altar of Lucius Petronius Timachus
During the systematic archaeological excavations in the fortress of Timacum Minus in Ravna near Knja'evac in 1991, a votive altar of Jupiter Paternus, dedicated by Lucius Petronius Timachus, a veteran of the legion VII Claudia, was discovered. The name (cognomen) Timachus was noted for the first time on this monument. It was developed from the ethnonime Timachi, or the hydronime Timachus, known from the historical resources of the Roman period. T…
The Roman settlement on Gamzigrad prior to the imperial palace Felix Romuliana
The existance of the earlier Roman settlement which arose before the construction of Galerius? palace Felix Romuliana was confirmed by archaeological research. The traces of earlier buildings, constructed from the end of 2nd to the end of 3rd century, were discovered inside the fortified imperial residence: 1. three-naved building south from the ?Large temple?, 2. the building below the earlier southern tower of the East gate, 3. the large buildi…
Römerzeitliche keramik aus dem nordöstlichen Turm der Römerstadt Horreum Margi
Cuprija, die ehemalige R?merstadt Horreum Margi, liegt im zentralen Teil Serbiens, an der M?ndung des Flusses Ravanica in die Morava. Der Ort war ein Milit?rlager und spielte eine wichtige Rolle als Sammlungszentrum der R?merprovinz Moesia Superior (Moesia Prima). Zwischen 1986 und 1990 fanden die Ausgrabungen von Horreum Margi statt. Dabei wurden der Innenraum der sp?tr?mischen Festung, die n?rdliche Mauer und der nord?stliche Turm erforscht. W?…
Crossbow fibulae from Gamzigrad (Romuliana)
In the site of Gamzigrad - Felix Romuliana 31 crossbow fibulae (Zwiebelknopffibeln) were found. Except the finds from large Roman necropolis, the crossbow fibulae from Gamzigrad compose a large collection from one site in Serbia. The most of them were found in the exactly stratified archaeological units of two horizons of life in Romuliana from the beginning of 4th to the middle of 5th century. Two kinds of analysis of the crossbow fibulae from R…
Late Roman necropolis of Romuliana, area south of the fortified palace
The purpose of research conducted from 2004-2007 within the scope of international cooperation with the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Institute of Archaeology in Frankfurt was to investigate the site of Gamzigrad - Romuliana in the extra muros area, by means of geophysical methods and archaeological probe excavations. Based on a geophysical survey in 2005-2006, revisory excavations were carried out south of the fortified imperial palace…
Unilateral antler combs from Romuliana
In the course of investigations at Romuliana nine antler three-partite combs with a single row of teeth were found in the Late Roman horizons dating from the late 4th - mid 5th century. They were found in Tower 19, in the Palace II sector and in the Thermae sector. The combs can be classified as two types: three-partite unilateral combs with semicircular handle (Petkovic comb type VII) and three-partite unilateral combs with triangular handle dec…
Roman fibulae from Ulpiana
During systematic archaeological excavations of the Roman town Ulpiana, from 1981 to 1987, which were carried out by the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade and the Regional Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments in Priština under supervision of dr. Maja Parović-Pešikan, the north and west gate complex of the fortress and part of the town nucleus, 40 m along the main street cardo maximus, were investigated. On that occasion, fourteen fib…
Late Roman necropolis of Romuliana, area south of the fortified palace
The purpose of research conducted from 2004-2007 within the scope of international cooperation with the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Institute of Archaeology in Frankfurt was to investigate the site of Gamzigrad - Romuliana in the extra muros area, by means of geophysical methods and archaeological probe excavations. Based on a geophysical survey in 2005-2006, revisory excavations were carried out south of the fortified imperial palace…
Crossbow fibulae from Gamzigrad (Romuliana)
In the site of Gamzigrad - Felix Romuliana 31 crossbow fibulae (Zwiebelknopffibeln) were found. Except the finds from large Roman necropolis, the crossbow fibulae from Gamzigrad compose a large collection from one site in Serbia. The most of them were found in the exactly stratified archaeological units of two horizons of life in Romuliana from the beginning of 4th to the middle of 5th century. Two kinds of analysis of the crossbow fibulae from R…
Military graves from the Late Roman necropolis at slog in Ravna (Timacum Minus)
The necropolises of the Roman fortification and settlement Timacum Minus, in the village of Ravna, near Knjazevac, were partially explored by systematical and rescue archaeological excavations. The most extensively explored was the part of the Late Roman necropolis on the eastern slope of the Slog hill, about 400m west of the fortification, where 80 graves from this period have been investigated. The analysis of the human osteological material, a…
Votive altar of Lucius Petronius Timachus
During the systematic archaeological excavations in the fortress of Timacum Minus in Ravna near Knja'evac in 1991, a votive altar of Jupiter Paternus, dedicated by Lucius Petronius Timachus, a veteran of the legion VII Claudia, was discovered. The name (cognomen) Timachus was noted for the first time on this monument. It was developed from the ethnonime Timachi, or the hydronime Timachus, known from the historical resources of the Roman period. T…
Roman fibulae from Ulpiana
During systematic archaeological excavations of the Roman town Ulpiana, from 1981 to 1987, which were carried out by the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade and the Regional Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments in Priština under supervision of dr. Maja Parović-Pešikan, the north and west gate complex of the fortress and part of the town nucleus, 40 m along the main street cardo maximus, were investigated. On that occasion, fourteen fib…
Unilateral antler combs from Romuliana
In the course of investigations at Romuliana nine antler three-partite combs with a single row of teeth were found in the Late Roman horizons dating from the late 4th - mid 5th century. They were found in Tower 19, in the Palace II sector and in the Thermae sector. The combs can be classified as two types: three-partite unilateral combs with semicircular handle (Petkovic comb type VII) and three-partite unilateral combs with triangular handle dec…
Late Roman necropolis of Romuliana, area south of the fortified palace
The purpose of research conducted from 2004-2007 within the scope of international cooperation with the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Institute of Archaeology in Frankfurt was to investigate the site of Gamzigrad - Romuliana in the extra muros area, by means of geophysical methods and archaeological probe excavations. Based on a geophysical survey in 2005-2006, revisory excavations were carried out south of the fortified imperial palace…
Crossbow fibulae from Gamzigrad (Romuliana)
In the site of Gamzigrad - Felix Romuliana 31 crossbow fibulae (Zwiebelknopffibeln) were found. Except the finds from large Roman necropolis, the crossbow fibulae from Gamzigrad compose a large collection from one site in Serbia. The most of them were found in the exactly stratified archaeological units of two horizons of life in Romuliana from the beginning of 4th to the middle of 5th century. Two kinds of analysis of the crossbow fibulae from R…
The Roman settlement on Gamzigrad prior to the imperial palace Felix Romuliana
The existance of the earlier Roman settlement which arose before the construction of Galerius? palace Felix Romuliana was confirmed by archaeological research. The traces of earlier buildings, constructed from the end of 2nd to the end of 3rd century, were discovered inside the fortified imperial residence: 1. three-naved building south from the ?Large temple?, 2. the building below the earlier southern tower of the East gate, 3. the large buildi…
Römerzeitliche keramik aus dem nordöstlichen Turm der Römerstadt Horreum Margi
Cuprija, die ehemalige R?merstadt Horreum Margi, liegt im zentralen Teil Serbiens, an der M?ndung des Flusses Ravanica in die Morava. Der Ort war ein Milit?rlager und spielte eine wichtige Rolle als Sammlungszentrum der R?merprovinz Moesia Superior (Moesia Prima). Zwischen 1986 und 1990 fanden die Ausgrabungen von Horreum Margi statt. Dabei wurden der Innenraum der sp?tr?mischen Festung, die n?rdliche Mauer und der nord?stliche Turm erforscht. W?…
Archaeological excavations at Gamzigrad - Romuliana in 2007-2008
Systematical archaeological excavations at the site Gamzigrad - Felix Romuliana continued in 2007-2008 in the south-eastern part of the fortified imperial palace, in the section of the thermae according to the plan of archaeological research for this site (2005-2009). In 2007, squares L'XXIV, M'XXIV, M'XXIH and M'XXII, which were investigated in 2005 to the horizon c, dated to the end of the 5th and the beginning of the 6th centuries, were comple…
Votive altar of Lucius Petronius Timachus
During the systematic archaeological excavations in the fortress of Timacum Minus in Ravna near Knja'evac in 1991, a votive altar of Jupiter Paternus, dedicated by Lucius Petronius Timachus, a veteran of the legion VII Claudia, was discovered. The name (cognomen) Timachus was noted for the first time on this monument. It was developed from the ethnonime Timachi, or the hydronime Timachus, known from the historical resources of the Roman period. T…
Military graves from the Late Roman necropolis at slog in Ravna (Timacum Minus)
The necropolises of the Roman fortification and settlement Timacum Minus, in the village of Ravna, near Knjazevac, were partially explored by systematical and rescue archaeological excavations. The most extensively explored was the part of the Late Roman necropolis on the eastern slope of the Slog hill, about 400m west of the fortification, where 80 graves from this period have been investigated. The analysis of the human osteological material, a…
A portrait oil lamp from Pontes
The subject of this paper is a fragmented oil-lamp, discovered at Pontes (east Serbia) dated to the 6th century, whose handle ending is shaped as a woman?s head. The question posed in this paper is whether the image of this woman could be identified as a portrait of some particular person or if it is just as a pictorial sign with some complicated symbolic meaning. The suggested identification alludes to the image of some of the empresses from the…
Early medieval burial of woman and fox at the slog necropolis in Ravna (Timacum Minus) in Eastern Serbia
On the eastern slope of Slog Hill in Ravna, some 400 m to the west of the Roman fortification of Timacum Minus, a multilayered necropolis was investigated from 1994 to 1996 and from 2013 to 2015. There are two main horizons of the necropolis - Late Roman and Early Medieval. The late Roman necropolis has three phases dated from the middle of the 4th to the middle of the 5th century. The early medieval necropolis, according to the new excavations, …
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