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št. 1, 31–32, 57–59, 67–70, 73, 81, 178–179). V ta namen particular those of Daunian production, and bronze sit-
so služile tudi uvožene dragocene posode, zlasti apulsko- ulae and helmets (cat. nos. 47, 49–51, 74–77, 101–102,
-daunijske proizvodnje, prav tako bronaste situle in čelade 156, 176, 37, 53–54, 106–112, 24). Various grave goods
(kat. št. 47, 49–51, 74–77, 101–102, 156, 176, 37, 53–54, were then placed in the urns, frequently intentionally and
106–112, 24). V žare so nato dodajali različne pridatke, ritually crushed, bent, or otherwise deformed (Mihovilić
pogosto namerno ritualizirane, zdrobljene, upognjene in 2014, 336; 2021, 513). Considering the evidence estab-
deformirane (Mihovilić 2014, 336; 2021, 513). Glede na lishing the burial protocol, it is clear that a very reduced
dokazane pogrebne protokole je jasno, da je do nas prišlo number of grave artefacts and goods have survived to
the present day, which would lead us to conclude that
izjemno reducirano število grobnih najdb in pridatkov, kar the already lavish Histrian graves once presented a much
nakazuje, da so bile nekoč histrske grobnice še bogatejše broader inventory.
od že tako razkošnih grobov, ki jih poznamo.
The disposition and classification of certain graves and
Razporeditev in razvrstitev določenih grobov ter arhitektura the architecture of certain contexts points to the strat-
posameznih celot kažejo na razslojenost in hierarhizacijo ification and hierarchisation of Histrian communities.
histrskih skupnosti. Razdelitev grobišč s suhozidi na manjša Drystone wall partitioning of the necropolis into smaller
območja priča o komunalnem tipu grobišč, ki so jih uporablja- areas speaks to a communal cemetery used by different
groups, families, or clans. Special rites or sacrificial of-
le različne skupine, družine ali rodovi. Tam so potekali tudi ferings were also performed there. This is confirmed by
posebni obredi ali darovanja, kar potrjujejo plasti s sledovi burned strata with the remains of scorched and broken
sežiganja in z ostanki žganih ter zlomljenih živalskih kosti, animal bones and numerous fragments of ceramic ware
številni fragmenti keramičnih posod in luksuznih kovinskih and luxurious metal objects deliberately damaged and
predmetov, ki so bili namerno poškodovani in razbiti med broken in the course of burial ceremonies (Mihovilić
pogrebnimi slovesnostmi (Mihovilić 2001a, 125; 2014, 110). 2001a, 125; 2014, 110).

Mindful of the envisaged capacities and limitations, this
Glede na predvidene kapacitete in omejitve so na razstavi
predstavljeni nekateri najpomembnejši histrski grobni exhibition presents some of the key Histrian grave con-
kompleksi pa tudi posamezni predmeti materialne kulture, texts, and sporadic artefacts from the material culture,
most recovered from necropolises, for example, from
večinoma zbrani iz grobišč, na primer iz Pulja, Kaštela pri Pula, Kaštel near Buje, Beram, Vrčin, and elsewhere. The
Bujah, Berma, Vrčina in drugih najdišč. Največ pozornosti focus is on the grave contexts which, along with the great
je usmerjene v grobne celote, ki poleg obsežnih, zanimivih number of interesting and exotic artefacts they present
ali eksotičnih predmetov označujejo tudi časovni potek ra- to us, also provide the chronological sequence of the
zvoja istrske skupine od pozne bronaste do konca železne development of the Istrian group from the Late Bronze
dobe. Med njimi so grobni kompleksi iz grobišč Limske through to the end of the Iron Age; these are the grave
gradine, Picuga in nepogrešljivega Nezakcija. contexts of the necropolises at the Limska gradina site,
Picugi, and, of course, Nesactium.
Grobišče Limske gradine se je nahajalo na pobočjih nad
Limskim kanalom. Gradišče je bilo utrjeno z obzidjem, ki The necropolis at the Limska gradina site is situated on
the slopes overlooking the Lim inlet. It was fortified with
je varovalo glavne dostope s severne in z vzhodne strani. ramparts that defended the primary entrance to the north
Grobišče s 74 žarnimi grobovi je bilo znotraj naselja, raz- and east sides. Within the settlement is a necropolis
deljeno v skupine s suhozidnimi pregradami, pri čemer so with 74 cremation graves. Walls divide the necropolis
posamezni grobovi vsebovali več pokopov. Žare s pridatki into groups of graves, with individual graves containing
ali brez njih so bile postavljene v skrinje iz kamnitih plošč, multiple burials. The burial urns, with or without grave
obdane s kamenjem ali položene v zemljo. Grobne najdbe goods, were placed in a cist of stone panels, surrounded
in pridatki pokopavanje na tem grobišču datirajo v obdobje by stones, or laid into the soil. The finds recovered in the
od 13. do 8. stoletja pr. n. št., torej v pozno bronasto in graves and the grave goods date the burials at this ne-
th
th
starejšo železno dobo (Mihovilić 1972; 2014, 82–86). cropolis to the period from the 13 to the 8 century BCE,

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