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D uring the analysis of the structure of numerousBalkan–Pannonian finds of silver jewelry fromthe 2nd–3rd century (Bela Reka,1 Janja,2 Sza-

lacska,3 Bare–Tribovo,4 Ar~ar,5 Gorj,6 Aþel,7 Bãlãciþa8)it was concluded that they all contain the silver fibulaeof the anchor-like type and more or less preserved silverchains which were connecting them (Fig. 1). Wearingfibulae connected by twisted chains is in close relationwith the use of pendants in the form of ivy-leaf, which,besides the joint finds of these decorations, show alsothe representations on the tombstones. The monumentsregistered on the left and right bank of river Drina (Ba-jina Ba{ta,9 Voljevica,10 Crvica,11 Skelani,12 Se~a Reka,13

Vrhpolje near Ljubovija14) clearly show the specificdecorations on the chest and shoulders of the deceasedwomen, formed by the tangles of the twisted chains and

SILVER JEWELRY OF AUTOCHTHONOUS STYLEFROM SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST PARTS

OF ROMAN PROVINCE DALMATIA

IVANA POPOVI]

Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade

UDC: 904:739.2"652"(37) DOI: 10.2298/STA1060095P

Original research article

e-mail: [email protected]

Received: August 09, 2010Accepted: November 30, 2010

Abstract. – In the hinterland of the middle Adriatic, at the sites Ivo{evci (Burnum) and Podgra|e (Asseria), were found the knee-like fibulae made of silver, on which were hanged the chains made of silver twisted wire with pendants. Silver fibulae of same

type, also with hanged silver chains, were found in the region of south-east Dalmatia, at the sites Komini (Municipium S…) andKolovrat. These finds confirmed the already existing thesis about the migration of the part of population from middle Dalmatia

into its south-east regions around Komini and Kolovrat. The anlysis of jewelry from that region confirmed also the existence of anolder ethnic component, maybe of Celtic origin, whose style of decorations is close to that one practiced by the inhabitants of theupper and middle part of Drina Valley. The specific local forms of decorations and jewelry have their origin in the transformation

of the long-lasting influences from the Greek cultural circle and they bear witness to the conservatism of this population.

Key words. – Roman jewelry, fibulae, silver, province Dalmatia.

1 Popovi} 1994, 11–76.2 Popovi} 1996a, 142, Fig. 9–11.3 Darnay 1911, T. II; III, 4; Járdányi-Paulovics I. 1953, T.

XXVII, 1, 2; XXVIII, 1.4 Patsch 1912, 151–152, Fig. 94.5 Velkov 1932/33, 407, Obr. 159–162; Ruseva-Slokoska 1991,

Cat. 136, 136.6 Popilian 1998, 59–60, Fig. 5, 1, 4.7 Criºan 1959, 353–367, Fig. 2.8 Stînga 1998, 137–139. Pl. CI–CIII; Popilian 1998, 49–50,

Fig. 8–9.9 Patsch 1909, 159, Fig. 71; Popovi} 1996a, Fig. 6; Popovi}

2002, sl. 13; Popovi} 2010, Fig. 4.10 Sergejevskij 1935, 19–20, T. IV, 2; Popovi} 1996a, Fig. 3;

Popovi} 2010, Fig. 1.11 Patsch 1909, 177, Fig. 124; Popovi} 1996a, Fig. 4; Popovi}

2010, Fig. 3.

* The article results from the project: Urbanization and Transformation of the City Centres of Civil, Military and Residential Character in theRegion of the Roman Provinces Moesia, Pannonia, Dalmatia (no 147001) funded by the Ministry of Science and Technological Developmentof the Republic of Serbia.

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pendants in the form of ivy-leaf. On the basis of thefinds known up to now, we can conlude that the anchor-like fibulae together with the chains and pendants in theform of ivy-leaf were wearing the inhabitants of theDrina Valley (Janja,15 Dvorska,16 Pannonia (Brigetio)17

and Oltenia (Gorj, Vârtop, Bãlãciþa),18 where this jew-elry can be found in the hoards deposited during thefifth and sixth decade of the 3rd century (Fig. 2). Thebest preserved set of this jewelry was found in Brigetio(Fig. 3), and the deposition of the hoards, which, be-sides the silver jewelry, contained also the coins, wasdated on the basis of the latest minting: Vârtop-denariusof Gordianus III, from 241; Janja-denarius of Galienus,from 254; Dvorska-denarius of Galienus, from 254;Szalacska-denarius of Galienus, from 258.19 Analyzingthese decorations, we have concluded20 that, differentlythan in the regions mentioned above, the inhabitants ofthe today central Bosnia and Morava Valley used thetwisted silver chains as necklaces on which were hangedthe pendants in the form of ivy-leaf (Gornji Vakuf,21

Juhor22). We have noticed,23 also, that in certain Balkan

finds, as in those from Nova Boùrna24 and Kolovrat,25

are represented the silver fibulae of the knee type,together with the silver twisted chains. Because of the

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12 Patsch 1909, 157–158, Fig. 70; Popovi} 1996a, Fig. 5; Po-povi} 2010, Fig. 2.

13 Zotovi} 1990, 161–163, sl. 16; Popovi} 1996a, Fig. 7; Po-povi} 2002, Fig. 14; Popovi} 2010, Fig. 5.

14 Popovi} 2010, Fig. 7.15 Popovi} 1996a, Fig. 10, 11.16 Popovi} 1996a, Fig. 12.17 Popovi} 1997, Fig. 7.18 Popilian 1998, 43–70, Fig. 1–9.19 Popilian 1998, 44–45; Popovi} 1996, 142; Darnay 1911,

311–328.20 Popovi} 2002, 53–54; 63–66; 100–102; 106–108.21 Mileti} 1963, br. 55–57; ^remo{nik 1963, 119, sl. 10.22 Popovi} 2002, kat. 19–21.23 Popovi} 1996, 145.24 Jovanovi} 1978, 82, kat. 9, 12–14, Sl. 163, 166, 167.25 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1995, 227, sl. 1, 2.

Fig. 1. Hoards of silver jewelry of autochthonous style:1. Janja; 2. Dvorska; 3. Bela Reka; 4. Juhor; 5. Gornji Vakuf; 6. Bukovica; 7. Bare–Tribovo; 8. Nova Boùrna;

9. Ar~ar; 10. Vârtop; 11. Urdiniþa; 12. Moþaþei; 13. Drãnic; 14. Craiova; 15. Bãlãciþa; 16. Bumbeºti;17. Gorj; 18. Aþel; 19. Beia; 20. Szalacska; 21. Brigetio

Sl. 1. Balkansko-panonske ostave srebrnog nakita autohtonog stila:1. Jawa; 2. Dvorska; 3. Bela Reka; 4. Juhor ; 5. Gorwi Vakuf; 6. Bukovica; 7. Bare–Tribovo; 8. Nova Boùrna;

9. Ar~ar; 10. Vartop; 11. Urdinica; 12. Mocacei; 13. Dranic; 14. Krajova; 15. Balacica; 16. Bumbe{ti;17. Gorj; 18. Acel; 19. Beia; 20. Sala~ka; 21. Brigecio


lack of the representations of the deceased decoratedwith these ornaments, and because of the relatively smallnumber of their finds, we did not discuss the way in whichthe knee-like fibulae and silver chains were worn.

To the joint use of the silver knee-like fibulae andchains made of twisted silver wire our attention wasattracted again by the recently published finds from thehinterland of middle Adriatic, from the sites Ivo{evci(Burnum) near Kistanje and Podgra|e (Asseria) near Ben-kovac. Namely, in the Antique Collection of the Museumof Croatian Archaeological Monuments in Split, there isa large number of objects, especially from the importantmilitary camps, settlements and necropoles next to them,acquired since the middle of the 19th century throughthe smaller archaeological excavations, gifts and dona-tions. Unfortunately, many specimens and the accom-panying documentary material have disappeared duringthe First and Second World War, so for the most of thepreserved specimens the conditions of their find are notknown.26 In this collection there is also one silver knee-like fibula from the site Ivo{evci (Burnum), to whose

cylindrical head was hanged a silver twisted chain, end-ing with a ring on which is hanged a discoid silver pen-dant, with a clear cut surface and a bigger round perfo-ration in the centre (Fig. 4). As the conditions of thisfind are not known, fibula is dated into the 2nd–3rd cen-tury, on the basis of the dominant number of the finds ofknee-like fibulae during this period.27 On the other hand,in Podgra|e (Asseria) in 1932 was discovered a grave ofthe cremated deceased person, which contained a bronzemedallion of Faustina the Younger, minted between 161and 175, most probably during the last third of the 2nd

century, and one silver knee-like fibula on which werehanged silver chains with pendants.28 Unfortunately,this fibula is lost, but on the ground of the photo29 (Fig.5) it can be concluded that on the hoop, to its cylindrical

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26 [eparovi}, Uroda 2009, 7–8.27 [eparovi}, Uroda 2009, 61, nr. 123.28 [eparovi} 2004, 107, 112.

Fig. 2. Finds of silver anchor-like fibulae, twisted chains and pendants in the form of ivy-leaffrom Drina Valley, Pannonia and Oltenia: – hoards of silver jewelry; – tombstones;

1. Janja; 2. Dvorska; 3. Brigetio; 4. Gorj; 5. Vârtop; 6. Bãlãciþa;a) Voljevica; b) Crvica; c) Skelani; d) Vrhpolje; e) Bajina Ba{ta; f) Se~a Reka

Sl. 2. Nalazi srebrnih lengerastih fibula, upletenih lanaca i privezaka u formi br{qanovog listaiz Podriwa, Panonije i Oltenije: – ostave srebrnog nakita; – nadgrobni spomenici;

1. Jawa; 2. Dvorska; 3. Brigecio; 4. Gorj; 5. Vartop; 6. Balacica;a) Voqevica; b) Crvica; c) Skelani; d) Vrhpoqe; e) Bajina Ba{ta; f) Se~a Reka


head, was hanged a silver twisted chain, ending with ahoop hanged on a damaged cylindrical element, possiblythe deformed hinge of another fibula. From the lowerpart of the chain there was going another extension,ending with a hoop on which was hanged a discoid pen-dant with the round perforation in the middle. From thelower part of this extension was hanging the third exten-

sion of the chain, to whose hoop, on its end, was hangeda pendant in the form of the ivy-leaf. Already at the firstsite it is noticeable that these two fibulae do not only be-long to the same type, but they also reflect the same orsimilar way of decorating the clothes. But, because thedata on these finds are not complete, the way of wearingthese fibulae remains somewhat unclear.

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Fig. 3. Silver anchor-like fibulae, twisted chains and pendants in the form of ivy-leaf,Brigetio, British Museum, London

Sl. 3. Srebrne lengeraste fibule, upleteni lanci i privesci u formi br{qanovog lista,Brigecio, Britanski muzej u Londonu

Fig. 4. Silver knee fibula with pendants, Ivo{evci (Burnum), after [eparovi}, Uroda 2009, n° 123Fig. 5 . Silver knee fibula with pendants, Podgra|e (Asseria), after [eparovi}, Uroda 2009, fig. on p. 8

Sl. 4. Srebrna kolenasta fibula sa privescima, Ivo{evci (Burnum), prema: [eparovi}, Uroda 2009, br.123Sl. 5. Srebrna kolenasta fibula sa privescima, Podgra|e (Asseria), prema: [eparovi}, Uroda 2009, sl. na str. 8


The problems similar to those that open the finds ofthe silver knee-like fibulae and chains made of the silvertwisted wire from the sites in the hinterland of middleAdriatic brings also the similar material from the sitessomewhat more to the south, Komini (Municipium S…)and Kolovrat, in the south-east part of the province ofDalmatia. In the older necropolis I in Komini nearPljevlja, where the burials of the cremated deceased

persons took place from the 1st to the end of the 3rd cen-tury,30 the silver knee-like fibulae are not registered,but, in the grave of the deceased no. 303, in the ceramicurn with the remains of the funeral pile was registeredalso a fragmented silver chain (Fig. 6),31 which pointsthat silver fibulae were also part of the grave inventory.Besides the usual variants of the bronze fibulae ofAucissa type, in this necropolis was also discovered onebronze specimen with the large granules on the brim ofthe arch and with silver bands decorated with encrusta-tion on it.32 But, in the younger necropolis II of this site,in which the burials are dated from the end of the 1st to theend of the 4th century,33 in the graves from the 2nd–3rd

century are registered silver knee-like fibulae in combi-nation with the chains made of silver twisted wire. Theseare the graves of the cremated deceased persons, whoseremains were placed into the small boxes for ashes andurns with the lid, which are registered north and east fromthe tomb X, in the direction towards the settlement. Inthe grave no. 2/1975 was discovered a silver knee-likefibula (Fig. 7),34 next to which there was a fragmented

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29 [eparovi} 2009, fig. on p. 8.30 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1981, 45; Cermanovi}-Kuzma-

novi} 1998, 2, 30.31 The informations from the field documentation (Faculty of

Philosophy, Center for Archaeological Research), which dr MiraRuì} kindly gave to me, for which I am deeply grateful.

32 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} et al. 1972, Y 143, 5.33 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1998, 16, 43.34 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1998, fig. on p. 41 up.

Fig. 6. Ceramic urn and silver chain, Komini (Municipium S…)

necropolis I, grave 303, documentation of Faculty of Philosophy,

Center for Archaeological Research

Sl. 6. Kerami~ka urna i srebrni lanac,Komini (Municipium S…),

nekropola I, grob br. 303, dokumentacija Filozofskog fakulteta,

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Fig. 7. Silver knee fibula, Komini (Municipium S…),necropolis II, grave No 2/1975, documentation of Faculty of Philosophy, Center for Archaeological Research

Sl. 7. Srebrna kolenasta fibula, Komini (Municipium S…), grob br. 2/1975, dokumentacija Filozofskog fakulteta, Centra za arheolo{ka istraìvawa

chain made of twisted silver wire with the hoops at theends (Fig. 8). In the grave no. 73/1974 was registered atwo-armed silver chain, with the hoops for hanging at theends and with a pendant in the form of ivy-leaf, hangedunder the connection of two arms of the chain (Fig. 9),35

and one silver knee-like fibula was discovered in thegrave no. 47/1974.36 In these stone urns, i.e. in the boxesfor ashes, are also registered the gold pendants in theform of lunulae, decorated with granulation, and the goldearrings in the form of a hoop, whose arch was executedin the shape of two rows of the coiled wire, i.e. the shapeswhich could be connected with the activity of the localgoldsmithing centres.37 Besides these decorations, therewas also discovered the standard Roman jewelry, likethe gold earrings with the head in the shape of a calotte,with or without pendants,38 numerous in the necropolesin the Balkan interior and dated into the 2nd–3rd centu-ry.39 In the grave of the cremated deceased man (no. 84a)from this necropolis are also registered the fragments of

silver fibulae, most probably of the Aucissa type, orna-mented with big grains. Although the fibulae are seve-rely damaged by fire, it is noticeable that the wire withthe grains at the ends and in the middle was pulledthrough the cut on the bow, and in this way three rowsof grains were formed on it.40 The bronze specimens of

35 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1998, fig. on p. 41 down.36 Informations from the field documentation (Faculty of Philo-

sophy, Center for Archaeological Research). M. Ruì} pointed me thatone silver knee-like fibula with the chain from Kolovrat by mistakewas reproduced together with the material from Komini (Cermano-vi}-Kuzmanovi} 1998, fig. on p. 39).

37 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1998, 15–16, 39, 43, fig. on p.35, 39, 41.

38 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1998, 16, fig. on p. 65.39 Popovi} 1996a, 20, kat. 37–43.40 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} et al. 1972, Y 146, 9, 11; Cerma-

novi}-Kuzmanovi} 1981, 47, sl. 1. 2.

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Fig. 8. Silver chain, Komini (Municipium S…), necropolis II, grave No 2/1975, documentation of Faculty of Philosophy, Center for Archaeological ResearchFig. 9. Silver twisted chain with a pendant in the form of ivy-leaf, Komini (Municipium S…),necropolis II, grave No 73/1974, documentation of Faculty of Philosophy, Center for Archaeological Research

Sl. 8. Lanac od srebrne upletene ìce, Komini (Municipium S…), grob br. 2/1975, dokumentacija Filozofskog fakulteta, Centra za arheolo{ka istraìvawaSl. 9. Srebrni upleteni lanac sa priveskom u formi br{qanovog lista, Komini (Municipium S…),grob br. 73/1974, dokumentacija Filozofskog fakulteta, Centra za arheolo{ka istraìvawa


the related decoration were registered in the necropolesin Duklja41 and Salona.42 Besides the ceramic vesselsand the standard forms of the bronze Aucissa fibulae, inthis grave was discovered also a necklace, made of thebiconical berries made of silver, with a hook in the shapeof the swan’s head.43 The identical necklace was alsofound in the grave no. 2 a/1975, together with the goldpendant in the form of lunula, with the gold earringswith the spiral on their heads and with the silver ring.44

North-east from Komine, in the vicinity of Prijepolje,there is a necropolis in Kolovrat. In it is excavated thegreat number of graves, mostly of the cremated deceasedpersons. In two graves (no. 113 and 313 B) is registeredone silver knee-like fibula in each of them. Next to thefibula from the grave no. 313 B was found a chain madeof silver twisted wire with hoops at the ends (Fig. 10),while on the fibula from the grave no. 113 (Fig. 11), ornext to it, such chain was not found.45 On the high footof this fibula is deeply incised the X ornament.46 Thependants in the form of lunula, decorated with grains,were found in four graves (no. 13 B, 15, 23, 80), and,together with the beads of the necklace, in one grave (no.20) was discovered a pendant looking like a bull, deco-rated on the rim, also, with grains.47 The silver earringwhose head is formed by two rows of the coiled silverwire from the grave no. 29048 finds its analogy in thegold specimens from Komini. The earring which next tothe hoop has the coils of wire, and which was found in the

grave 87 B,49 represents the relatively well known typein the necropoles of the 2nd–3rd century,50 while the spe-cimen solved in the form of the Hercules’ knot51 pointsthat in the execution of the decorations an importantrole had the autochthonous component, formed underthe Hellenistic influences.52 This confirms also the findof the snake-like silver bracelet from the grave no. 15.53

41 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} et al. 1975, 230, sl. 118, 119.42 Iv~evi} 2002, 236–237, br. 85–88.43 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} et al. 1972, Y146, 6; Cermanovi}-

-Kuzmanovi} 1981, T. II, 2. 1; Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1998,fig. on p. 39.

44 Informations from the field documentation (Faculty of Phi-losophy, Center for Archaeological Research).

45 To this fibula by mistake was added the chain of the fibulafrom the grave no. 313 B and that photo was published together withthe find of the necklace and the ring from the grave no. 84 a fromthe necropolis in Komini (Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1998, fig. onp. 39).

46 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1995, 227, sl. 1, 2.47 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1995, 227–228, sl. 3–7.48 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1995, 228, sl. 13.49 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1995, 228, sl. 12.50 Popovi} 1996b, 19, 115, kat. 27–29.51 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1995, 228, sl. 14.52 Popovi} 1999, 78–80; Popovi} 2001, 36–37; 184–185, kat.

40–42.53 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1998, 228, sl. 15.

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Fig. 10. Silver knee fibula with a chain, Kolovrat, grave No 313 B, documentation of Faculty of Philosophy,

Center for Archaeological ResearchFig. 11. Silver knee fibula, Kolovrat, grave No 113,

documentation of Faculty of Philosophy, Center for Archaeological Research

Sl. 10. Srebrana kolenasta fibula sa lancem, Kolovrat, grob br. 313 B, dokumentacija Filozofskog fakulteta,

Centra za arheolo{ka istraìvawaSl. 11. Srebrna kolenasta fibula, Kolovrat, grob br. 113,

dokumentacija Filozofskog fakulteta, Centra za arheolo{ka istraìvawa


The richest finds of jewelry and luxurious objects fromthe necropolis in Kolovrat are registered in the grave no.93, discovered inside the tomb of a prominent citizen,whose name P. Ael(ius) Firminianus is engraved on theedge of the urn in the neighboring grave no. 90 from thesame tomb.54 The cremated remains of the female per-son, the wife or the sister of the owner of the tomb, weredeposited in the box for ashes made of limestone, nextto which were found two silver pendants in the form ofivy-leaf (Fig. 12).55 In the urn were discovered two silvercombs, the iron tweezers, the silver box for needles, thefragmented bone needle, the pair of gold earrings, theglass and the glass vessel for balm, and in the soot aroundit were found the iron comb, the silver appliqué, the smallbronze lock and the bronze box. Under the box werediscovered two links of a bronze chain.56 Especially in-teresting are the finds of silver combs, of utterly atypicalforms. One comb, decorated with the concentric circleswhich have a dot in the centre and the broken lines, exe-cuted in the motif of the fir-branch, was hanged on thesilver chain, ending with the hook for hanging (Fig. 13),which points that, rather than utilitarian, it had a deco-rative function, as a part of the complex ornament onthe costume of the local population.57 According to theornaments in the form of the concentric circles, to thesame type could also belong the bronze comb,58 foundnext to the urn, although on it the chain for hanging wasnot preserved, maybe because its upper part was dam-aged. It is possible that two links, discovered under theurn, belonged to the bronze chain which was hanged on

this comb. It is important to notice that during the Romanperiod the comb (pecten), as a part of the toilet set, wasmost often made of bone, while the specimens made ofmetal were generally used for scraping during the fieldactivities.59 The other silver comb from this urn has enti-rely atypical shape and it probably served as a decorationfor the top knot.60 In contrast to these nonstandard formsof decorations, the gold earrings with the head in theform of the calotte and with the pendant represent thecommon form of Roman jewelry, well represented in thenecropoles from the 2nd to the end of the 3rd century.61

On the basis of the forms of the glass vessels, this gravewas dated into the second half of the 3rd century.62

Through the insight into the finds of jewelry fromthese two sites in the south-east part of the provinceDalmatia it was concluded that the decorations from thegraves in Kolovrat were made mostly of silver, in con-trast to those from Komini, where, next to the silver andbronze fibulae, appears also the gold jewelry. It is alsonoticeable that at both sites in decoration of certain formthe technique of granulation is used. These granules arebig and they are used on the pendants in the form oflunulae, as on those made of gold, in Komini, so on thesilver ones, in Kolovrat. With the big granules are alsodecorated the bows of the silver fibulae of the Aucissatype from Komini. But, except on the silver earring inthe form of Hercules’ knot from Kolovrat, the use of de-corations executed with the filigree wire was not regi-stered on other decorations from these two sites, in con-trast to the silver jewelry from the lower and middlepart of the Drina Valley and from Pannonia, on whichsome segments were decorated with the combination ofmotifs made with filigree and fine granulation. This styleof decoration, which is mostly represented on tubuli of thesilver chains,63 was created through the transformation of

54 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1990, 229–231.55 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1990, 229, T. I, 8; Cermanovi}-

-Kuzmanovi} 1988, sl. 8, 9.56 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1990, 229, T. I, 1–11; T. II, 1–6.57 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1990, 229, T. II, 3; Cermanovi}-

-Kuzmanovi} 1995, 228, sl. 10.58 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1990, T. I, 7.59 Popovi} 1988, 75.60 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1990, 229, T. II, 1; Cermanovi}-

-Kuzmanovi} 1998, sl. 11.61 Popovi} 1996b, 21, 117, kat. 44, 45.62 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1990, 229; Cermanovi}-Kuzma-

novi} 1998, 229.63 Popovi} 1994, 21–23; 51–53, kat. 7; Popovi} 1996,

142–144.

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Fig. 12. Silver pendants in the form of ivy-leaf,Kolovrat, grave No 93, after Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1995, fig. 8–9

Sl. 12. Srebrni privesci u formi br{qanovoglista, Kolovrat, grob br. 93, prema Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1995, sl. 8–9


the long lasting and strong influences from the Aegeancultural circle, which, through the Drina Valley werestretching to the north, all the way to Pannonia. But,these fine techniques of goldsmithing were not used onthe jewelry from Komini and Kolovrat, and the silverearring in the form of Hercules’ knot from Kolovrat canbe observed as a find from the west periphery of the ter-ritory in which this jewelry was in use.64 The earringswhose head was solved in the form of rows of spirallytwisted wire from Komini and Kolovrat can be treated asa local and simplified variant of earrings in the form ofHercules’ knot. On the other hand, the necklaces fromKomini, made of biconical silver beads and a clasp whose

hook was modeled in the form of swan’s head, have aconception which can be compared with the necklacefrom the hoard in Bela Reka near [abac. Although muchmore luxurious, made of beads in the shape of melonslices decorated with filigree, and a luxuriously decoratedclasp, whose hook also imitates the swan’s head, thisnecklace points to the multi layer influences from theAegean cultural circle,65 whose achievements were thebasis for the local adaptation of the solution for thenecklaces from Komini.

Besides the above mentioned general notices aboutthe characteristics of the jewelry from Komini and Ko-lovrat, for which it will be possible to finaly define themafter publishing in detail the whole fund of decorationsfrom these sites, the finds of knee-like silver fibulae andchains made of silver twisted wire from the middle andsouth parts of the province of Dalmatia, render also someother interesting informations. Namely, all the speci-mens registered up to now from this territory are part ofthe grave inventory, in contrast to the finds of silver de-corations of autochthonous style of execution from theupper and middle part of the Drina Valley, Pannonia andDacia, which represent the parts of the hoards of preciousobjects, which very often contained also the coins. On theother hand, although the graves in Komini and Kolovratwere systematically investigated,66 and the inventory ofthe grave from Podgra|e, which is a chance-find, is re-latevely precisely listed,67 it can be noticed that none ofthem contains two fibulae, which would point that theywere worn in pairs, like anchor-like fibulae, to whichbear witness the above mentioned representations onthe monuments and the finds of jewelry itself, of whichthe most complete is the set of silver fibulae and chainsfrom Brigetio68 (Fig. 3). But, if on the end of the chain

64 Popovi} 1999, 86, Fig. 17.65 Popovi} 1994, 24–26; 53–55, kat. 8.66 We expect the monograph of Dr Mira Ruì} in which will be

represented all the results from the excavations of these sites whichlasted for many years and from which were up to now publishedcertain characteristic finds, cf. Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1968,201–206; Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi}, Srejovi}, Markovi} 1972; Cer-manovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1981, 43–52, nap. 4 (bibliography of worksabout the necropolis in Komini, published until that time); Srejovi}1985, 177–185; Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1989, 5–13; Cermano-vi}-Kuzmanovi} 1990, 227–234; Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1995,237–231; Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1998.

67 [eparovi} 2004, 106 (besides the knee-like silver fibula withthe hanged chain with the pendants, also a bronze medallion ofFaustina the Younger, iron scissors and a ceramic lamp with the sealCERIALIS are mentioned).

68 Popovi} 1997, 79–80, Fig. 7.

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Fig. 13. Silver comb hanged on a chain, Kolovrat, grave No 93, documentation of Faculty of Philosophy,Center for Archaeological Research

Sl. 13. Srebrni ~e{aq oka~en o lanac, Kolovrat,grob br. 93, dokumentacija Filozofskog fakulteta,Centra za arheolo{ka istraìvawa


of fibula from Podgra|e was hanging the hinge of fibula,which can not be concluded with certainty on the basisof the existing photograph (Fig. 5), this would point tothe conclusion that this set of decorations consisted oftwo fibulae and a chain with pendants. The indirect proofthat on the shoulders was worn one fibula, with a chainwith pendant conecting it to the other one, in the sameway as the anchor-like fibulae were connected, as it is re-presented on the monuments from the Drina Valley andon the jewelry from Brigetio (Fig. 3), represents the twoarmed silver chain with pendant in the form of ivy-leafand hoops at the ends of both arms, discovered in Komi-ni (Fig. 8). But, it is not possible to determine to whichtype these fibulae belonged, because in the grave inwhich this chain was found no fibulae were noticed.Anyway, it is indicative that, according to the field doc-umentation, in the graves on the necropolis II at Kominithe silver anchor-like fibulae were not registered up tonow. On the other hand, on a tombstone from Lisi~i}inear Konjic, that means from the territory between theDrina Valley and the sites at Komini and Kolovrat in theeast, and the sites Ivo{evci and Podgra|e in the west, afemale person on both shoulders wears the fibulae whosetype, because the relief is worn out, can not be identi-fied, from which the chains are hanging, probably withthe pendants in the form of ivy-leaf. This figure, sameas the other female person from the same monument, onthe ears has the earrings in the form of the hoops,69

unknown on the monuments and on the archaeological

material from the Drina Valley, but which can depict thetypes of this jewelry, registered in Komini and Kolo-vrat. But, although this relief, in all probability, reflectssome sort of interweaving of the decorations common inthe lower and middle part of the Drina Valley with thosefrom the regions of its south-east tributary rivers, thedeceased woman represented on it has one fibula on eachshoulder, which does not solve the problem of the singlefinds of knee-like silver fibulae with chains at the sitesin south and central Dalmatia. The short silver chains,discovered next to the silver knee-like fibulae from Ko-mini and Kolovrat, were probably hanged on their cylin-drical heads, but, because the relief representations arelacking, it can not be said with certainty in which placeand in which position these fibulae were worn. The sup-position that these fibulae were worn by men, who usedonly one specimen of this decoration for connecting theclothes on the right shoulder, does not seem probable,having on mind that not on one relief from the provinceof Dalmatia to the fibula on the shoulder of the male figu-res the chains and pendants were added. So, on the tomb-stone with the busts of two men and a woman from thenecropolis II in Komini,70 the male figure left from thecentral female figure on the right shoulder has a knee-like

69 Sergijevskij 1935, 18–19, T. V, 3.70 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1998, fig. on p. 32.

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Fig. 14. Tombstone, Komini (Municipium S…), necropolis II: a) view; b) detail, documentation of Faculty of Philosophy, Center for Archaeological Research

Sl. 14. Nadgrobni spomenik, Komini (Municipium S…), nekropola II: a) izgled; b) detaq, dokumentacija Filozofskog fakulteta, Centra za arheolo{ka istraìvawa

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fibula without any additional decorations, but on the chestit has a square decoration (pendant, comb ?), whoseshape, because the relief is damaged, can not be deter-mined with precision, although it seems that its loweredge is indented. That pendant-amulet is ornamentedwith incised lines and circles (Fig. 14). Similar to theseornaments were decorated the silver (Fig. 13) and bronzecomb from the grave no. 93 in Kolovrat, in which,according to the find of a gold earring, of a silver box forneedles and a bone needle, was buried a female person.As these are the only finds of decorative metal combsuntil now, the question is open if they were worn on achain only by women, or also by men. Unfortunately,the anthropological analysis of the remains of the cre-mated deceased persons from the necropoles in Kominiand Kolovrat has not been done. This would be a reli-able information about the sex of the deceased person towhom the certain jewelry belonged. But, it is importantto mention that in Dubravica (Margum), in the layer fromthe second half of the 1st–2nd century, was discovered abone comb made from one piece, with a grip in the shapeof a bow, at whose top was a hoop for hanging, whichtestifies that it was worn on the chest as an amulet.71

The combs with the grip in the shape of a bow, knownfrom the Germanic finds from the 1st–2nd century, havetheir origin in the bronze combs from the late La Tèneperiod, whose finds are linked up with the Celtic popu-lation.72 The question stays open if also the metal combs-amulets from Kolovrat have their origin in these typesof Celtic provenance from the late La Tène period.

Fibulae with chains from Ivo{evci and Podgra|eopen also other questions. Both specimens on the chainhave hanged discoid pendants with perforation in themiddle, and that one from Podgra|e, besides such pen-dant and the damaged element, has also a pendant in theform of ivy-leaf. Analogous discoid pendants were notregistered until now in the finds of jewelry from theautochthonous environments, although, conditionally,they can be treated as the simplified variants of lunulae orbulls. But on a tombstone from Zenica (Fig. 15), north-east from the sites in the Dalmatian hinterland, are re-presented a female and a male figure, whose head andupper parts of the body are not preserved. But, it is noti-ceable that the female figure has a dress trussed under thechest with a belt, which was, by two discoid perforatedelements, hanged on chains connected with the fibulaeon the shoulders, whose representations, because of da-mage, are not visible. Between the chains with the dis-coid elements there are three chains with the pendantsin the form of ivy-leaf, which are falling freely alongthe chest down to the belt on the dress.73 Does this relief

reflect the role of the discoid pendants on the knee-likefibulae from Ivo{evci and Podgra|e and the way inwhich these decorations were worn? In the absence ofother finds, these considerations stay in the domain ofhypothesis.

The finds of the silver knee-like fibulae and of thechains made of silver twisted wire from the sites in thehinterland of the middle Adriatic (Ivo{evci, Podgra|e)and in the south-east parts of the province of Dalmatia(Komini, Kolovrat), have opened some questions aboutthe way of wearing these decorations, to which we are stillnot able to give precise answers. Anyway, they unambi-guously show that the silver jewelry of autochthonousstyle wore also the local population of these regions,and, according to the finds discovered up to now (Fig.16), this is the population that lived in the settlementsnext to the important military camps (Burnum, Asseria) orimportant mining centres (Municipium S…, Kolovrat).Moreover, these finds are one more proof about the con-nections between the south-east parts of the province ofDalmatia and the hinterland of Salona, which were,according to the shape of the oldest graves in both regionsand to the analogous enclosed objects in them, estab-lished as early as the 1st century.74 The monumental,above-ground, by a stone wall framed tombs of the area

71 Petkovi} 1995, 28, T. XXVIII, 3.72 Thomas 1960, 66–71.73 Sergijevski 1932, T. XXI, 10.74 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1981, 45; Cermanovi}-Kuzma-

novi} 1998, 3, 31.

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Fig. 15. Tombstone, Zenica, after Sergijevski 1932, T. XXI, 10

Sl. 15. Nadgrobni spomenik, Zenica, prema Sergijevski 1932, T. XXI, 10


maceria cinta type, from the younger necropolis II inKomini, whose use is confirmed during the 3rd century,and the analogous tomb II from Kolovrat, dated into thesecond half of the 3rd century, were made by adaptingthe shape of the tombs from Aquileia, from where theywere first transferred to Salona, and then into the inlandof the province of Dalmatia.75 The variants of Aucissafibulae whose bow is decorated with large grains, regis-tered in silver in the necropoles in Komini, appear inbronze in Duklja and Salona, which also testifies aboutthe connections between the coast of middle Dalmatiaand the south-east parts of this province. Settling of theinhabitants from Salona and its hinterland, above all ofRideri, was confirmed by the epigraphic finds from Ko-mini,76 so the hypothesis that the name of this settlementwas Saloniana, which is the name of the settlementmentioned on the Ptolemy’s map from the 2nd century,must be considered with proper attention.77 On the otherhand, the grave from Podgra|e, in which there was a sil-ver knee-like fibula with pendants and a silver medallionof Faustina the Younger, minted during the last decadesof the 2nd century, can be dated into the end of the 2nd orthe beginning of the 3rd century, having in mind that the

medallion could have been kept as a preciousness for alonger period of time. This fact points to the conclusionthat in the hinterland of the middle Adriatic and in thesouth-east parts of Dalmatia the similar decorationswere in use also during the 2nd–3rd century. The silverknee-like fibulae with chains and pendants from bothregions are not just another proof of connections betweentheir inhabitants, but they also show the relatively strongeconomic position of the local population, which, in spiteof the commercial contacts, through which, certainly,took place also the process of Romanization, maintainedthe custom of decorating with the traditional decora-tions until the period around and after the middle of the3rd century.

But, certain forms of jewelry from the necropoles inKomini and Kolovrat point to the conclusion that, besides

75 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1981, 46; Cermanovi}-Kuzma-novi} 1998, 4–5, 33–34.

76 Cermanovi}-Kuzmanovi} 1981, 49; Cermanovi}-Kuzma-novi} 1998, 17, 43–44; Loma 2004, 35–60.

77 Loma 1997, 212–227.

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Fig. 16. Use of fibulae with chains and pendants in south-east and central Dalmatia: – finds of silver knee fibulae with chains; – tombstones:

1. Podgra|e; 2. Ivo{evci; 3. Komini; 4. Kolovrat; a) Komini; b) Lisi~i}i near Konjic; c) Zenica

Sl. 16. Upotreba fibula sa lancima i privescima u ju`noj, jugoisto~noj i centralnoj Dalmaciji: – nalazi srebrnih kolenastih fibula sa lancima; – nadgrobni spomenici:

1. Podgra|e; 2. Ivo{evci; 3. Komini; 4. Kolovrat; a) Komini; b) Lisi~i}i kod Kowica; c) Zenica


the immigrants from the hinterland of the middleAdriatic, the population of these settlements consistedalso of another ethnic component, probably of popula-tion which inhabited this region before the colonizationof Dalmatae. To this bear witness the finds of combs ofutterly atypical forms (Fig. 13), which could be broughtinto connection with some old autochthonous traditionsof decoration, the earrings in the form of Hercules’ knotand the snake-like bracelet, the shapes which point tothe influences from the Greek cultural circle, but alsothe two-armed chain with a pendant in the form of ivy-leaf for hanging on fibulae of unknown type (Fig. 9),which testifies about the existence of connections withthe lower part of the Drina Valley and Pannonia. To thecontacts with this region also point the finds of twonecklaces with clasps solved in the form of the swan’shead. The jewelry of standard Roman forms, the goldearrings with the head in the shape of a calotte, the sil-ver and bronze rings and usual bronze Aucissa fibulae,prove that this composite population still experiencedcertain degree of Romanization, obvious in the appear-ance of the imported objects, but also on the epigraphicmaterial, on which all domestic names appear withinthe Roman onomastic formula.78 The detailed analysisof the epigraphic monuments from Komini and Kolovratalso showed that, besides the names from the middleDalmatian linguistic group, also appear the names char-acteristic for the Celtic regions, which is explained bythe existence of natural communications, the valleys ofrivers Lim and ]ehotina, which connected this regionwith the Drina Valley, where on the epigraphic materialwere registered the names of Celtic and Celtoid type.79

Comparing these results of the onomastic researches withthe analysis of the jewelry, the conclusion becomes clearthat the inhabitants of Celtic origin, settled in the regionsof Komini and Kolovrat, were that substratum whichfound the immigrants from the hinterland of middleAdriatic. The finds of metal combs, worn on the chainsas amulets, might support this thesis. But, conclusionconceived in this way opens new subjects, connected with

study of silver jewelry from the middle and lower partof the Drina Valley, whose use is well known from therepresentations on the tombstones from this region andfrom the finds of analogous silver decorations, regis-tered in the hoards of precious objects (Janja, Dvorska),whose deposition, on the basis of their monetary part,can be dated into the period just after the middle of the3rd century. About the ethnic structure of the populationinhabiting this region before the Roman conquests andin the first centuries after them, i.e. about its supposedCeltic component, whose role would be significant alsoin the processes of transfer of cultural influences fromthe Greek soil, the answer still have to give the futurecomparative researches.

At this point of researches we can only concludethat the use of silver anchor-like fibulae, connected bya twisted chain, in Ma~va can be traced from the end ofthe 2nd century (the Bela Reka hoard as its latest coincontains a denarius of Commodus from 182), that in theDrina Valley the same fibulae, connected by chains withpendants in the form of ivy-leaf, are confirmed in thefinds dated after the middle of the 3rd century, while thesilver knee-like fibulae with chains and pendants areregistered as enclosures in graves from the end of the2nd – the beginning of the 3rd century in the hinterland ofmiddle Dalmatia and in those from the middle – secondhalf of the 3rd century at the sites Komini and Kolovrat.Although in the Drina Valley we are talking about thehoards of jewelry and coins, and in the south-east Dal-matia about the enclosures in graves, it is noticeablethat the silver decorations from these two regionsbelong to one chronological horizon, which, of course,does not show the single ethnic picture in these tworegions. In fact, the analysis of jewelry showed that inthese two regions appear the similar forms of silver jew-elry, but that the style of decoration in south-east Dal-matia was partly formed under the influences from thehinterland of middle Adriatic, to which bear witnessalso the newly published finds of silver knee-like fibu-lae from Podgra|e and Ivo{evci.

78 Loma 2004, 35–37.79 Loma 2004, 53–54.

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U zale|u sredweg Jadrana, na lokalitetima Ivo{evci(Burnum) i Podgra|e (Asseria) otkrivene su kolenaste fi-bule od srebra, na koje su bili oka~eni lanci od srebrneupletene ̀ ice sa privescima (sl. 4, 5). Srebrne fibule is-tog tipa, tako|e sa oka~enim srebrnim lancima, na|ene sui u oblasti jugoisto~ne Dalmacije, na lokalitima Komini(Municipium S…) i Kolovrat (sl. 6–11). Sve ove fibule pred-stavqaju grobne nalaze, za razliku od srebrnih lengerastihfibula sa lancima i o wih oka~enim privescima iz dowegi sredweg Podriwa, Panonije i Oltenije, koje su bile de-lovi ostava dragocenosti, ~esto pohrawenih zajedno sanovcem (sl. 1–2). U nalazima iz sredwejadranskog zale|a ijugoisto~ne Dalmacije kolenaste fibule sa lancima za-stupqene su sa jednim primerkom, tako da na~in wihovogno{ewa ostaje nejasan (sl. 14–15), nasuprot stilu ukra{a-vawa negovanom u Podriwu i Panoniji, koji je podrazume-vao dve lancem povezane lengeraste fibule na ramenima,{to je dobro posvedo~eno nalazima nakita (sl. 3) i pred-stavama na nadgrobnim spomenicima. Jedini nalaz kojisvedo~i da su u Kominima fibule na ramenima tako|e po-vezivane srebrnim lancem jeste dvokraki lanac sa alkama

na krajevima i priveskom u formi br{qanovog lista (sl.9), ali, kako u istom grobu nisu na|ene i fibule, ne moèse utvrditi da li je taj lanac spajao lengeraste ili kole-naste fibule. Me|utim, navedeni nalazi srebrnih kolena-stih fibula sa lancima potvr|uju ve} u nauci postoje}utezu o preseqavawu dela stanovni{ta iz sredwe Dalmacijeu wene jugoisto~ne regione oko Komina i Kolovrata (sl.16). Analiza nakita iz te oblasti potvrdila je i postojawedruge etni~ke komponente, mo`da keltskog porekla, ~iji jestil ukra{avawa blizak onom koji su praktikovali sta-novnici doweg i sredweg Podriwa. Me|utim, dok su u Pod-riwu i Panoniji pojedini segmenti srebrnih ukrasa bilidekorisani filigranskom ìcom i sitnim granulama, tefine zlatarske tehnike na nakitu iz Komina i Kolovratanisu zastupqene, a kao ukras koriste se samo krupne gran-ule. U ovoj oblasti registrovane su i specifi~ne lokalneforme ukrasa (~e{qevi, sl. 13), ali i nakit nastao trans-formacijom dugotrajnih uticaja iz gr~kog kulturnog kruga(min|u{e u formi Herkulovog ~vora, zmijolike narukvice),{to, tako|e, predstavqa svedo~anstvo o konzervativnostiove populacije.

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