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square cross-section, with a small central loop of gular construction, most of which belong to
the circular cross-section (fig. 5, 1). It is classified Type 63a with a larger bead, while only one Osor
as an Adriatic type, or Type B according to Lo example – from Kavanela – was assigned to Type
Schiavo (1970, 443, pl. 30, 3–4; cf. Kilian 1985, 63b with a smaller, flatter bead, according to the
250), and as the Nin type according to Pabst typological classification of Palavestra (1993, 64,
(2012, 80–2, fig. 21; 24). This was a dominant 213; 2006, 46, fig. 17). The closest parallel is a fib-
item of attire, with the closest parallels record- ula from destroyed graves at Vidasa na polju near
ed at the Kavanela cemetery, where as many as Novalja on the island of Pag (Glogović 2003, 36,
11 or 12 fibulae, either complete or in fragments, pl. 37, 274), while they are more commonly found
have been documented (Glogović 2003, pl. 26, in the Liburnian area at the Zaton and Nin ne-
171, 173–4; 27, 176, 178; Blečić Kavur 2010, pl. 43, cropolises (Lo Schiavo 1970, 431, 482, pl. 26, 2, 5;
573–8). Additional finds are known from the is- Batović 1965, fig. 15, 9–15; 1968, pl. 10, 1; 11, 1–2;
70 lands of Krk and Rab (Glogović 2003, pl. 26, 172; 12; 1976, 63, C6; Hiller 1991, 94–97). Further
31, 214; Blečić Kavur 2010, pl. 28, 403; 31, 428; 35, very close parallels are found in the graves of Este
497), as well as from sites in northern and cen- and Ca’ Morte, Verucchio, and Bologna, where
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tral Dalmatia, while they are entirely absent in they marked the second phase (Boiardi and von
Istria and the nearby inland (Glogović 2003, 25– Eles 1994, 36, pl. 8, 16–17; Gentili 1994, pl. 18;
30). All of these fibulae are of larger dimensions; Negroni Catacchio 2009, 201, fig. 4, 6), as well
the wires of the discs converge in a small central as the contemporaneous phase of the Piceni cul-
loop, and the straight bar and pin are attached ture (Negroni Catacchio 2003, 465–7; Trach-
to the discs with rivets, usually covered by a thin sel 2004, fig. 135, 18). These fibulae belong to a
decorated bronze plate (Blečić Kavur 2010, pl. long-lasting form within the Adriatic area, and it
39, 539; 40, 541; 42, 568–72; 43, 579). is considered that they were in use from the 9th
As with other cultural groups of the Adri- to the 6th centuries BCE (Glogović 2003, 41).
atic basin, where the circumstances of discov- The described grave 6 also contained an
ery are well documented, spectacle fibulae in the elaborate two-part Osor-type fibula (fig. 5, 6)
Osor community were associated with female (Mladin 1960, 221–2, pl. 11; Glogović 2003, pl.
and/or child burials, with their size possibly 44, 341; Blečić Kavur 2010, 145, fig. 93; 94, 1; 95;
playing a role (Glogović 1989, 24; cf. Pabst 2012, pl. 40, 542–6). This is the first and richest asso-
177). They were often found together with other ciation of carefully selected jewellery and status
types of fibulae, particularly bow-shaped fibulae elements of attire found in Osor graves. Exten-
with amber on the bow, as well as two-part bow sive studies have been published on these fibulae
fibulae with a disc on the foot of the Osor type, (Glogović 1982a; 1989, 25–8; 2003, 43–5; Hill-
fragments of which are well known from earlier er 1991, 53–6; Blečić Kavur 2010, 134–51; cf. Ku-
excavations at Kavanela (Glogović 2003, 29–30; koč 2013; Teržan 2013; 2021). They are particu-
Blečić Kavur 2010, pl. 44, 586–96). larly significant as one of the few types named
Alongside the spectacle fibulae, both graves after an eponymous site in the Kvarner region,
5 and 6 also contained bow-shaped fibulae with as proposed by Lo Schiavo (1970, 434, pl. 27, 1).
amber beads on the bow (fig. 4, 6; 5, 2–5). With Although they originate from only three sites
a total of seven examples, this was the most nu- – Osor, Krk, and Punat – with other examples
merous type investigated at this cemetery, and known from the narrower Liburnian area, the
they had also been recorded during earlier exca- highest concentration is in the Kvarner region,
vations at Kavanela (Ćus-Rukonić 1981, pl. 1, 2–3; represented in two variants: the Osor variant
Glogović 2003, 36, 38, 41, pl. 36, 256–9, 274; 39, (I) and the Krk variant (II) (Blečić Kavur 2010,
294; Blečić Kavur 2010, pl. 45, 598–602). These 134–51), which differ in the shape of the bow, the
are simple, single-looped bow fibulae of rectan- pin, and the decorative elements (fig. 6).