Asseria, Vol. 5 No. 5, 2007.
Original scientific paper
AUCISSA FIBULAE FROM ROMAN ASSERIA (PODGRAÐE NEAR BENKOVAC)
Sanja Ivčević
; Archaeological museum Split
Abstract
The article discusses Aucissa fibulae that we rediscovered as chancefinds at Roman Asseria and are in the collections of the Archaeological Museum in Split. Of the fortyseven fibulae found at Asseria that belong to the Aucissa type, twenty-one specimens have an inscription on the head plate. Seven names are represented: Aucissa, Cartilia, Durnacus, OVbI, Revetu, CCar, and Pualer. The examples without inscriptions were also analyzed. A considerably larger number has been noted of fibulae with a semi-circular bow section than those with a ribbon bow. Of the latter, only one has an legend, while three lack such an inscription, while the fibulae with a semi-circular section are represented by a total of thirty-nine examples. Analyzed fibulae with specific features included one with a rectangular bow section, two fibulae have a multisectioned bow, and one fibula has a bow with rounded appendages.
Two early hinged fibulae do not belong to the Aucissa type, but they are discussed as part of this text, as they are related in terms of construction, and also chronologically, at least according to research performed to the present in the region of Roman Dalmatia.
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Hrčak ID:
38060
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Publication date:
15.3.2007.
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