Šmid, Katarina : Rimska nekropola Šempeter v Savinjski dolini
Katarina Šmid,
Rimska nekropola Šempeter v Savinjski dolini
(Umetnine v žepu 24)
Ljubljana 2022
ISBN 978-961-05-0695-9
104 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 20,5 x 14,5 cm; broschiert/softcover
In the booklet on the Roman Necropolis in
Šempeter v Savinjski dolini, Katarina Šmid presents to the readers one
of the most important monuments from the Roman era in the territory of
Slovenia.
The remnants of the Šempeter Necropolis were found
coincidentally in 1952, and it was immediately evident that this was an
extraordinary archaeological find. The first researchers to study the
necropolis were highly esteemed archaeologists Josip Klemenc, Vera
Kolšek, and Peter Petru. Owing to its good preservation, they proposed a
reconstruction of the Vindonius and the Secundinus family tombs, as
well as the tombs of the families Ennius and Spectacius, while they also
ensured their professional execution. It is evident that the necropolis
in Šempeter belonged to a settlement, where the wealthy and
artistically educated townsmen of Celeia lived, however, the settlement
is yet to be interpreted.
The skilfully carved and iconographically
complex reliefs and epitaphs have been studied by numerous Slovenian and
foreign connoisseurs. Katarina Šmid carefully analysed their findings
and carried out comprehensive comparisons to similar monuments across
the entire empire and consequently managed to resolve numerous dilemmas
regarding the contents of individual reliefs, while she also came to
several new conclusions about the dating of individual monuments.
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