Bjertansky Dar ( roman. Donariul de la Biertan ) is an ancient Roman candelabrum , presumably of the 4th century AD. e, discovered in 1775 in the Cimdri Forest, 5 km south of the city of Bjertan near Sibiu , Transylvania , the territory of modern Romania . It is one of the liturgical artifacts of worship. The candelabrum also contains a suspended monogram of Jesus Christ as evidence of the Christianization of the Daco-Romans. It was discovered in the Cimdri Forest, 5 km south of Bjertan. German baron Samuel von Brukental of Sibiu included him in his collection for a long time. The exhibit to date contains the Brookenthal Museum .
Description
It has the Latin inscription “EGO ZENOVIUS VOTUM POSVI”, which means “I, Zinovy, laid this gift”. Similar inscriptions were found in Porolissum - “EGO ... VIVS VOT (UM) P (OSUI)” and “SIS FELIX VTERE FELIX”, in Moesia - “GVARTINE VIVAS” - “Hello, Gwartini”. According to most modern historians, these artifacts, together with other archaeological evidence, are evidence of the continuous residence of the Daco-Romans in the territory of the former Roman Dacia and after the evacuation of Aurelian in 271-275, as well as the spread of Christianity among the remaining inhabitants. Folk Latin also continued its functions, gradually transforming under the influence of an autochthonous substrate into Balkan Latin . By the way, in this inscription a mixture of b and v is found, typical of many Romance languages. In this case, ZENOVIUS is written instead of ZINOBIUS. Apparently, in Balkan Latin, the interlocal b- lazy has already begun, which will completely disappear in the Proto-Romanian language .
See also
- Daco Romans
- Balkan Latin
- The origin of the Romanians
- Late antiquity