The emergence of the lamps in Upper Moesia only in the time of the Roman dominance and not in the time of cultural contacts with the Greek world in the earlier centuries suggest that they reached these areas together with the acceptance of new religious...
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The emergence of the lamps in Upper Moesia only in the time of the Roman dominance and not in the time of cultural contacts with the Greek world in the earlier centuries suggest that they reached these areas together with the acceptance of new religious ideas so they did not appear at the time when the established contacts were predominantly of economic character. By careful and precise recording of the Þ nding circumstances of the lamps not only in graves but also in the architectural structures it is perhaps possible to comprehend the distinct use of certain parts of the houses for sacred and the other for profane purposes. After all, it is common knowledge that many cult rituals of the private character had been performed in each house but it is not possible to record it precisely using the usual method of investigation of the material from that period. The distinct identiÞ cation of the group of objects used in such ceremonies would be the Þ rst step in locating the area where the
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