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letje in pol odkrivanj sledi Keltov 15
na Ptuju in v njegovi okolici

A Century and Half of Discovering
Celtic Traces in Ptuj and Its Vicinity

Arheološke raziskave na Ptuju, kot tudi v veči- Archaeological research in Ptuj, as in the ma-
ni mest, nastalih na področju nekdanjih rim- jority of larger cities formed on territories of
skih kolonij, ki so v urbanem tkivu srednjeve- former Roman colonies, which in the urban
ških naselbin zapustile nepregledne količine napisnih body of medieval settlements left hard-to-follow quan-
ter reliefno okrašenih kamnitih spomenikov, so se tities of inscribed and decorated stone monuments,
pravzaprav začele že v obdobju pozne renesanse. Pre- started actually in the period of the late Renaissance.
risovanje spomenikov, branje napisov ter interpretaci- The replication of monuments, the reading of inscrip-
ja prepoznanega v kontekstu vedenja o zgodovini sta- tions and interpreting the recognized in the context
rega veka so dominirali do sredine 19. stoletja, ko je se of knowledge on the history of Antiquity dominated
je pozornost začela preusmerjati k arheološkim najd- until mid-19th century, when focus shifted toward ar-
bam in njihovim interpretacijam. Prve zbirke, sesta- chaeological finds and their interpretations. First col-
vljene iz naključnih najdb ter predvsem novcev, so lections, composed from accidental finds and mostly
vzpodbudile interes za začetek pravih arheoloških raz- coins, piqued the interest to begin initial archeological
iskav ob koncu 19. stoletja. S tujimi raziskavami so tudi research at the end of the 19th century. In 1893, the Mu-
najdbe začele odhajati v tuje muzeje in da bi zajezili ta seum Society was founded in Ptuj to restrain the pro-
proces, so leta 1893 na Ptuju ustanovili Muzejsko dru- cess of foreign research finds going to outlandish mu-
štvo, ki je v stavbi tedanje gimnazije tudi postavilo svo- seums. It presented its collection in the gymnasium
je zbirke (Lamut 1993). Pet let kasneje je svojo privatno building of that day (Lamut 1993). Five years later, Pro-
zbirko arheoloških najdb poklonil muzeju graški pro- fessor Franc Ferk of Graz donated his private collec-
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