Prilog proučavanju ranovizantijskih fibula na tlu Srbije sa posebnim osvrtom na nalaz sa Liške Ćave kod Guče

Abstract

Prilikom istraživanja ranovizantijskog utvrđenja na Liškoj Ćavi 2000. godine pronađen je i jedan izuzetan arheološki nalaz. Radi se o većoj gvozdenoj fibuli, ukrašenoj tauširanim srebrnim i zlatnim nitima. Prema svom obliku, načinu izrade i načinu ukrašavanja, može se pripisati grupi fibula VI veka, rasprostranjenih u zapadnim i centralnim delovima Balkanskog poluostrva. Mada tipološki prepoznatljiva, izdvaja se veličinom i bogatstvom ukrasa, tako da za sada predstavlja jedinstven primerak.

An exceptional archaeological find has been discovered in the course of investigation of the early Byzantine fortification at Liška Cava near Guča (western Serbia) in 2000. It is rather large fibula decorated with silver and gold inlays. According to its shape, way of manufacture and decoration it belongs to the early Byzantine fibulae, which are rather frequent finds in the western parts of the Balkan Peninsula in the second half of the 6th century. Their main characteristics are short bow and long bent foot. Although typologically familiar, the fibula from Liška Cava stands out because of its size, quality of manufacture and lavish decoration so it could be so far considered as a unique specimen. It could be assumed that it originally must have belonged to some of rather respectable inhabitants of the fortification at Liška Cava as the mark of his prominent position in the secular or church hierarchy.