Cypriot Phoenicians and their cultural identity

Katarzyna Zeman-Wiśniewska

doi:10.21697/sc.2023.30.1.1

Opublikowane: 2023-11-06

Tom 30 Nr 1 (2023)

Cypriot Phoenicians and their cultural identity

Katarzyna Zeman-Wiśniewska

Saeculum Christianum

Dział: Rozprawy i Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2023.30.1.1

Abstrakt

Tożsamość fenicka wiąże się z silnym poczuciem przynależności do miasta-państwa, w przypadku Cypru jest to zwłaszcza Kition, gdzie można rozpoznać „fenicką” dynastię panującą. Innym wyróżnikiem jest język fenicki i pismo alfabetyczne, z licznymi przykładami inskrypcji znalezionych na wyspie. Trzecim jest religia i kult, z bóstwami noszącymi imiona fenickie, ale wyraźnie zsynkretyzowanymi zarówno z ich helleńskimi odpowiednikami, jak i lokalnymi tradycjami. Przez około sto lat po śmierci ostatniego króla Kitionu ślady społeczności, którą identyfikuje się jako Cypryjscy Fenicjanie, wciąż można odnaleźć w materiale archeologicznym, a zwłaszcza w inskrypcjach. Jednak wraz z upływem pokoleń pozbawionych opieki „fenickiego państwa-miasta” na Cyprze i nadzorowanego przez nie kultu zachowane pozostaną tylko niektóre stare tradycje rodzinne, takie jak imiona i szacunek dla przodków.

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Cypr, Fenicjanie, Cypryjscy Fenicjanie, Kition, Astarte, tożsamość

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Katarzyna Zeman-Wiśniewska, Geneza i początki kultu Afrodyty , Saeculum Christianum: Tom 27 Nr 2 (2020)

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Zeman-Wiśniewska, K. (2023). Cypriot Phoenicians and their cultural identity. Saeculum Christianum, 30(1), 5–17. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2023.30.1.1

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Katarzyna Zeman-Wiśniewska

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4515-2142

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Institute of Archeology Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw Polska

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Katarzyna Zeman-Wiśniewska, PhD: assistant professor at the Institute of Archeology of UKSW; research interests – archeology of Cyprus, especially the Bronze Age and the early Iron Age (religion, art, contacts with Aegean cultures and the Levant), co-leads archaeological research at the Erimi Pitharka site in Cyprus.