Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2016. № 12. Part 3. P. 93-97.
ZMEISKAYA TOMBSTONE CROSS OF THE XI-XII CENTURIES IN THE CONTEXT OF ALANIA ORTHODOXY
Malakhov Sergei Nikolaevich, Fidarov Rustem Fidarikoevich
Institute of History and Archeology of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
Abstract. The article analyzes a tombstone cross found by accident at Zmeiskaya catacomb burial ground of the X-XIII centuries (The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania) in 1994. The monument’s topography indicates propagation of Christianity in eastern regions of Alania in the pre-Mongolian period and syncretic beliefs of the natives. The authors discover the decor semantics and identify the closest analogies to the mentioned artifact. The unique finding is dated to the XI-XII centuries and is a source on history of Alania Orthodoxy in the Central Ciscaucasia.
Key words and phrases: каменный крест, Змейский катакомбный могильник, христианизация Алании, иконография креста, Музей древностей Алании, stone cross, Zmeiskaya catacomb burial ground, Alania Christianization, cross iconography, Alania Museum of Antiquity
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