Poświęcanie liba w religii rzymskiej

Krzysztof Mogielnicki

doi:10.18290/rh25733.8

Published : 2025-07-07

Vol. 73 No. 3 (2025)

Liba Consecration in the Roman Religion

Krzysztof Mogielnicki

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1106-3483

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rh25733.8

Abstract

This article examines sources which purportedly attest to the use of mola salsa for the consecration of a grain product (libum) during Roman sacrificial rites. While such a practice did exist, it was rare, perhaps restricted to private worship. Moreover, ancient testimonies indicate that such an act was not considered immolatio. The author of the paper proposes the hypothesis that for the Romans it was essential to deliberately produce a libum so that it would meet traditional cultic requirements and be regarded as a Roman offering. Such the procedure could be done as part of a sacrificial ceremony itself, but more often it was handled by special priestly personnel (fictores). In addition, liba could be purchased from the appropriate vendors (libarii).

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Roman religion, sacrificial ritual, vegetal offering, libum, mola salsa

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