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ine oziroma v sterilno geološko podlago vkopane reconstructions in the 16th century (Baš 1950; Stopar naselbina na robu ... ■ the settlement on the edge ... 33
so se ohranile strukture, ki predstavljajo najverjetneje 1990). Archaeological research revealed architectural
ostanke arhitekture iz obdobja starejše železne dobe remains dating from prehistory to the Middle Ages.
(Lubšina Tušek 2001). Med odkritimi najdbami izsto- Preserved structures that most likely represent the re-
pa dobro ohranjena bronasta pavkasta fibula – manjka mains of architecture from the Early Iron Age were
ji zgolj igla ter ena pavka, le del peresovine ter ena pav- buried in the bedrock (Lubšina Tušek 2001). Among
ka pa sta pokriti z močno korozijo. Gre za vlito fibulo the discovered finds is a well-preserved bronze kettle-
s samostrelno peresovino z razširjenim, v obliko pav- drum fibula with only its pin and a single kettledrum
ke oblikovanim lokom ter štirimi pavkami na nogi, pri missing and another kettledrum and part of the coil
čemer je ena bila v preteklosti odlomljena. Samostrel- covered with strong corrosion. It is a cast fibula with
na peresovina ima na vsaki strani tri navoje ter odlom- a crossbow spring, an extended, kettledrum-shaped
ljeno tetivo, za katero se kljub vsemu zdi, da je potekala bow and four kettledrums on the legs, one of which
po zunanji strani. Navita žica peresovine je šestkotne- was broken off in the past. The crossbow spring has
ga preseka in sploščena oziroma sploščena z bikonič- on each side three coils and a broken off string, which
no prirezanimi robovi. Igla je odlomljena, ohranjen seems however to have run around the outer side. The
je zgolj del, kjer je vidno, da je širši trak peresovine bil spring’s coiled wire has a hexagonal cross-section and
skovan v ožjo iglo, katere začetek ima presek v obliki was flattened with biconically beveled edges. The pin
narobe obrnjene črke U (Slika 8). is broken off and on its only preserved part it is notice-
able that the coil’s wider strip was forged into a narrow
Telo fibule je bilo vlito v kalup ter kasneje brušeno in pin, whose start has a cross-section in the form of an
kovano. Pavka na razširjenem loku ima v srednjem inverted U-shape (Figure 8).
delu večjo vdolbinico, okoli katere potekata v pravil-
ni medsebojni razdalji dva grebena. Med njimi so vi- The fibula’s body was cast into a mold and then polished
dne številne koncentrične črte, ki kažejo, da je bil ok- and forged. The kettledrum on the enlarged arc has in
ras pavke stružen v vlito fibulo, kasneje pa so bili njeni its middle section a deeper depression, around which
robovi ter spodnja stran obrušeni, kar ustvarja delno two ridges run equidistantly from each other. There are
nepravilno obliko zunanjega roba pavke (Slika 8). Po- numerous visible concentric lines between them, indi-
daljšana noga koničnega preseka ima na vsaki stra- cating that the timpani’s decoration was first turned
ni dva prevrtana izrastka pravokotnega preseka, v ka- into the cast of a fibula and its edges and the under-
tera so bile vstavljene pavke. Ležišče za iglo poteka do side were later grinded to create its partially irregularly
prvih dveh lateralnih izrastkov ter je oblikovano v ob- shaped outer edge (Figure 8). The extended foot with a
liki črke V. Na spodnji strani je vidno, da je bila noga conical cross-section has two drilled lateral outgrowths
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