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VRANJE PRI SEVNICI
P. PETRU
N a ro d n i m u z e j L ju b lja n a
T h e c o n tro l re-ex c av atio n s c a rrie d o u t by a m ix e d te a m fro m th e N atio n al 
M u se u m in L ju b lja n a a n d th e I n s titu te fo r P ro to - a n d P re h isto ry in M unich, 
fro m 1970— 1974, a t th e f o r t o f A jdovski g ra d e č ab o v e th e village o f V ra n je 
p r i S evnici, have u n c o v e re d n e w d a ta o f g re a t im p o rta n c e to arch aeo lo g y , a b o u t 
th e la te R o m an a n d e a rly C h ristia n p e rio d in th e E a s te rn A lps. A t th e sam e 
tim e th e fin d in g s a re o f sig n ific an c e fo r th e d o c u m e n ta tio n o f S lavonic p e n e tra ­
tio n in to th is reg io n , as th e y sh o w th a t th e s a n c tu a ry la ste d fro m th e e n d of th e 
4th c e n tu ry to th re e -q u a rte rs th ro u g h th e 6th, w h e n its ex isten ce w a s fo rcib ly 
te rm in a te d a n d th e b u ild in g s b u rn t.
E x ca v atio n s to o k in se v e ra l se ctio n s of th e su rro u n d in g w alls o f th e fo rt, 
th e w a lle d c e n tre an d th e c e m e ta ry n o r th o f th e se ttle m e n t. T h e w alls an d 
c e m e ta ry ex cav atio n s c o n firm e d g e n e ral c o n c lu sio n s d ra w n fro m th e re s u lts of 
th e o rig in a l ex cav atio n s i. e. th e g ro u p in g , la y o u t a n d c o n te n ts of th e graves 
o f th e R o m an ized , Illy ro -C eltic a u to c h th o n o u s p o p u la tio n . E x ca v atio n s in th e 
c e n tr a l a re a u n c o v e re d a c o m p le te e a rly C h ristia n c e n tre , c o m p risin g th e so- 
c a lle d u p p e r c h u rc h (13.65 X 7.60 m ) w ith a n a rth e x along th e w all, a lo w er 
c h u rc h sh rin e (13.13 X 8.25 m ) w ith a n a rth e x alo n g th e w e st facad e, a b u ilt in 
se m i-c irc u la r b e n c h fo r th e p rie s ts w h ic h w id e n e d in th e c e n tre in to a b ish o p ’s 
c h a ir, a s e p a ra te c h a p e l/b a p tis try w ith a h ex a g o n al fro n t a n d s e p a ra te re c ta n ­
g u la r a p s e w h e re sto o d a n a lta r w ith a re liq u a ry c o n ta in in g th e b o n e s o f m a r­
ty rs (d estro y e d d u rin g e x c av a tio n s in 1901). By th e n a rth e x o f th e u p p e r

c h u rc h w e fo u n d w alled g rav e s a n d th e im p rin t o f th e tw o sarco p h ag i d iscov­
ere d h e re in 1811; ju d g in g b y th e tra c e s of p av in g th e re w as p ro b a b ly a 
sa c risty o n th e n o r th sid e o f th e ch u rc h . At th e south-w est c o rn e r o f th e 
lo w er c h u rc h w e fo u n d a to m b co n tain in g five sk e leto n s, p ro b ab ly c h u rc h 
d ig n ita rie s, th e la st b u rie d of w h o m w as m ale, a riste n c e p h a lic by a n th ro p o l­
ogical d efin itio n . B ecau se o f th e finding o f scales, b u sh e ls, am p h o ra e etc., w e 
d ec id e d th a t th e b u ild in g d isc o v ered so u th -w est o f th e u p p e r c h u rc h w a s th e 
h o m e o f th e c h u rc h official, as a t th a t tim e s ta n d a r d m e asu res w ere k e p t in 
th e c h u rc h .
T h e la s t excavations u n c o v e re d a c iste rn w e s t o f th e b a p tis try a n d long 
living q u a r te rs b esid e it.
E sta b lish in g th e ch ro n o lo g y of all p h ases of life in th e se ttle m e n t is aid ed 
by fin d s of H a lls ta tt p o tte ry fro m th e 7th c e n tu ry B. C., a lta rs orig in ally d ed ­
ic a te d to H erak les in th e 1st ce n tu ry a n d u se d fo r o th e r p u rp o se s ( a n d a 
V esp a sia n coin of th e sa m e p erio d ) a n d several co in s fro m th e 3rd c e n tu ry ; 
w hile m o s t o f th e o th e r ex c av a te d a rtic le s a re d a te d to th e en d of th e 4th 
c e n tu ry a n d beg in n in g o f th e 5th (scales, w eig h ts in th e fo rm o f b u sts , cro ss 
fib u la, glass, clayw are, c a rd in g co m b s); to th e se c o n d h a lf of th e 5th c e n tu ry 
belo n g th e grave co n ta in in g a th ree-h an d led , g lazed ju g , a fem ale g rav e co n ­
ta in in g a silv er e a rrin g w ith a b a s k e t p e n d a n t a n d a b o n e com b w ith a n im a ls ’ 
h e a d s a t th e end. T he g rav e c o n tain in g a b elt b u c k le w ith in se t sem i-precious 
sto n e s a n d a n iro n tin d e r-b o x belongs to th e tu r n o f th e 6th c e n tu ry ; w h ile 
th e fin d s of m o st re c e n t d a te a re fro m th e se c o n d h alf of th a t c e n tu ry , i. e. 
a b e lt b u c k le w ith a sh ie ld -sh ap e d pro n g , clay w a re d e c o ra te d w ith seal im p re s ­
sions a n d a coin m in te d a t th e tim e of th e G o th ic r u le r B aduil a n d a J u s ti­
n ia n g o ld piece — fin d s ty p ic a l of th e m a te ria l c u ltu re of th e in h a b ita n ts of 
th e re g io n ju s t b e fo re th e co m in g o f th e Slovenes.
P. P etru, T. U lbert et al., V ra n je pri sk e m gradcu, Katalogi in m onografije 12 
Sevnici, sta ro kršč a n ske ce rk ve na A jdov- (1975).