Professional paper
THE CHURCH OF ST. PHILLIP AND ST. JACOB IN SVETI JURAJ – RESULTS OF NEW RESEARCH
VEDRANA GLAVAŠ
Abstract
In the period from 16.11.2008 to 17.4.2009 there was conservational archaeological research into the Church of St. Phillip and Jacob in Sveti Juraj and its surroundings. Investigations were conducted along the northern wall of the church. Layers belonging to the ancient, medieval and Early Modern eras were discovered. To the layer of ancient Lopsike belong two phases. The older contains a monumental north-south ‘2’ wall, which belongs to the perimeter wall of, so far, unknown structures. The same cultural stratum also contains the remains of hearths. In the second ancient phase originated a structure, whose ruins were also discovered in earlier studies. It is about space ‘A’ where at its southern wall was found a door to space ‘C’, and from the west side was discovered space 'B' with its floor made in the opus spicatum techinque, and remains of the hypocaust. In the following, medieval phase, the ancient walls were used for the basis of the Church of St. Phillip and Jacob. Then a backfilled door which led from the ancient room ‘A’ into room ‘C’ was made. The surveys also revealed some walls which due to the small investigated area cannot be safely interpreted. In the western corner of the north wall of the church there is also an ancient spolia built-in with a fragmented inscription. The preserved letters […]NER AV can be restored as [Ve]NER[i] AV[G(usti) SAC(rum)]. Besides the architecture, the research revealed 11 graves from the Modern Age layer. In the same instance the separation of child and adult burials was observed. Every one was devastated by the later digging of graves. These processes influenced the small amount of movable archaeological material. Several fragments of amphorae were found, and fragments of Pansiana tegula with the signature of NERO. The continuation of archaeological research would complete the knowledge of the ancient stratum as well as the Church of St. Phillip and Jacob.
Keywords
Sv. Juraj; Church of St. Phillip and Jacob; archaeological research
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57601
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Publication date:
19.12.2009.
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