Anciennes recherches, nouvelles considérations sur la crypte repérée dans le périmètre de la rue Karl Marx à Constanța
Journal Title: MATERIALE SI CERCETARI ARHEOLOGICE - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
At the beginning of the 1980s, during the urban systematisation in the perimeter of the former K. Marx street (present‐day Revoluției din 22 Decembrie 1989 street), the remains of a Christian cult building were found. The brutal anthropic intervention, using mechanical devices, led to the quasi‐total destruction of the southern and western walls of the structure and of its brick‐made pavement, as well as to the partial deterioration of the crypt for relics, which was located under the sanctuary. Even so, it was still possible to reconstitute the plan and the constructive details of the crypt quite accurately. Based on the available data (presented in Rădulescu, Lungu 1989, combined with the pictures kept in the archive of MINA Constanța), the authors aim to reopen the archaeological file of this find, in order to discuss again the archaeological context and the reliquary glass flask found intact in the small eastern apse of the crypt. Some details regarding the constructive technique used for the crypt, the mural decoration, and also the glassampulla which was found practically sealed in the eastern apsidiole will also be analysed. This object, unique in the religious context of the city of Tomis, offers supplementary information regarding the veneration of relics, their accessibility as well as the context of their deposition in Scythia, allowing new ways of interpreting these sacred remains housed in the Christian monuments of the religious capital of the province. La începutul anilor 1980, în cursul unor lucrări de sistematizare urbană desfășurate în perimetrul fostei străzi K. Marx (astăzi strada Revoluției din 22 Decembrie 1989), au fost identificate vestigiile unui edificiu de cult creștin. Intervenția antropică brutală, realizată cu mijloace mecanice, a condus la distrugerea cvasi‐totală a zidurilor perimetrale de sud și de vest ale monumentului creștin, a pavimentului său realizat din cărămidă, dar și la afectarea parțială a criptei pentru relicve aflate sub nivelul sanctuarului. Cu toate acestea, planul și detaliile constructive privind cripta au putut fi reconstituite cu destulă acuratețe. Pe baza datelor disponibile (reunite în contribuția lui Rădulescu, Lungu din 1989, precum și a clișeelor păstrate în arhiva fotografică a MINA Constanța), autorii își propun să redeschidă dosarul arheologic al acestei descoperiri, rediscutând contextul arheologic, precum și flaconul‐relicvar din sticlă descoperit intact în absidiola estică a criptei. Vor fi, de asemenea, avute în vedere detalii privind tehnica de construcție a criptei, decorațiamurală, cu privire specială asupra flaconului lenticular din sticlă, sigilat practic în absidiola estică a dispozitivului pentru conservarea moaștelor. Acest obiect, unic în peisajul religios de la Tomis, oferă informații suplimentare despre modul de venerare, accesibilitatea și contextul depunerii relicvelor în Scythia și oferă noi chei de lectură a acestor resturi sfinte în monumentele creștine din capitala religioasă a provinciei.
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Irina Achim, Laurențiu Cliante
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