Riflessioni sui culti delle acque: il caso di Montereale Valcellina (Pordenone)

Abstract

A group of two swords, a leaf-shape spearhead and four flanged axes have been found twenty years ago in the bed of the Cellina stream, near Montereale Valcellina (Pordenone). This hoard is interpreted as votive offering to the river from the Late Bronze Age, in order to favour the water crossing. The weapons are tied to a Roman inscription and two column drums found scattered at the church of San Rocco, in the northern part of the town, to support the hypothesis of the presence of a water cult. Through an examination of the available data and detailed analysis of the proposal is a revision of the problem, to verify the presence and continuity of rituals related to the water in ancient Montereale for the period from the Late Bronze and Roman age.