Abstract:A monumental altar was found in the very centre of Belgrade, ancient
Singidunum, in 1932, with iconographic scenes of the sacrificial procession
for a ritual animal sacrifice - immolatio. The scenes depict the procession
of sacrificial animals to the altar known as pompa, by the victimarii, but
also represent priests of a lower rank (flamines minores), with ritual
utensils like a wine-pitcher, patera and acerra, used for the ritus of
purification which precedes the sacrifice and for ritual ac… Show more
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