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etruščanskih kulturnih okolij v 8./7. stoletju, medtem ko with a 6 century BCE date proposed for the creation of
th
se skulpture datirajo v 6. stoletje pr. n. št. (Fischer 1984, these sculptures (Fischer 1984, 51–58; Majnarić-Pandžić
51–58; Majnarić-Pandžić 1998, 274–280; Kukoč 2001; 1998, 274–280; Kukoč 2001; Teržan 2007, 49–51; Mihovilić
Teržan 2007, 49–51; Mihovilić 2003; 2014, 344–346). S 2003; 2014, 344–346). In these works, the Histri honoured
temi so Histri častili in slavili svoje prednike, označevali and celebrated their ancestors, observed their traditions,
tradicije in sledili tendencam z jasno reprezentacijo telesa, and kept abreast of trends in the clear representation of
poz in gest kot aktivne sporočilne oblike za vsakogar, ki the body, poses, and gesture, as active messages to the
jih je opazoval. Umetnik, ali umetniški atelje, ki je ustvar- observer. The artist or workshops that created these
monumental sculptures injected the Histrian imagina-
jal te monumentalne skulpture, je histrsko domišljijo in tion and creative spirit into the very pinnacle of artistic
ustvarjalnost vklesal v sam vrh umetniškega izraza žele- expression in Iron Age Europe.
znodobne Evrope.
We also find the Histrian past and its legacy carved into
Histrsko preteklost in dediščino najdemo vklesano tudi more recent history. This we learn from other sources;
v novih zgodovinskih okoliščinah. To spoznavamo tudi notably Roman epigraphy. Carefully nurtured, centuries–
iz drugih, tokrat rimskih epigrafskih spomenikov. Skrbno old traditions survived in the personal and gentile names
ohranjene stoletne tradicije so preživele v osebnih in gen- of the Histri and the names of their pre–Roman deities.
tiličnih histrskih imenih ter imenih njihovih predrimskih Only a single male deity, Melosocus (numi Melosoco Au-
božanstev. Znano nam je samo eno moško božanstvo, gusto), is known to us (Matijašić, Petešić 2017) (cat. no.
Melosocus (numi Melosoco Augusto) (Matijašić, Petešić 184) among a profusion of female deities such as Eia,
2017) (kat. št. 184), ter dominacija ženskih božanstev Ika, Iria, and Boria (Starac 1999, 120–124; Mihovilić 2014,
356–358). They are connected not only to the ancient
kot so Eia, Ika, Iria, Boria in druge (Starac 1999, 120–124; identity of heroic Histrian ancestors, but also represent
Mihovilić 2014, 356–358). S temi ni povezana samo sta- individual symbolic systems, memories, and beliefs.
rodavna identiteta herojskih histrskih prednikov, temveč
tudi posamezni simbolni sistemi, spomini in verovanja. A comprehensive comparative framework, and the value
of the preserved artefacts and customs, bears witness
Obsežen komparativni okvir ter vrednost ohranjenih pred- to a millennial Histrian culture, and to the process in
metov in običajev pričata o tisočletni histrski kulturi, prav which this identity was moulded concurrently by local
tako pa o procesu, v katerem so identiteto Histrov ustvar- conditions and, through various forms of cohesion, global
jale tako lokalne okoliščine kot tudi, skozi različne oblike contacts with numerous other, proximate and distant,
kohezije, globalni stiki z mnogimi drugimi, bližnjimi in named and unnamed cultural groups. The Histri were
definitely contemporary and sovereign participants in
oddaljenimi, imenovanimi in neimenovanimi kulturnimi prehistoric Europe’s final chapter. Reasoning globally
skupnostmi. Histri so bili nedvomno sodobni in suvereni and acting locally in their own milieu, they wove a heroic
udeleženci tega zadnjega prizora prazgodovinske Evrope. age into their venerable history.
Razsojajoč na popolnoma globalni ravni in delujoč lokalno
v svojem okolju, so tako stkali resnično herojsko dobo
svoje slavne preteklosti.

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