Tipologija grčkih strigila iz Jugoslavije i Albanije
Typology of Greek strigiles from Yugoslavia and Albania

Summary/Abstract: This article represents an attempt to give a typology of bronze and iron strigiles found on the East Adriatic coast and in Macedonia, complemented with some new specimens discovered after P. Lisičar’s articles on the same subject. Strigiles in Yugoslavia have been found only in graves, as it is usual in other ancient poleis, which are considered here only as comparative material. On the contrary, the strigiles coming from necropolis of the South Adriatic colonies, Apollonia and Epidamnos, regarding their importance in spreading Greek influence on the west and central part of the Balkans, are treated equally to those from the Balkans and are included to the enclosed list. That makes the general picture of the spreading of particular types much clearer. Chronologically, it is significant to establish the first appearance of a strigilis on the West Balkans and compare it with the oldest specimens from Apollonia and Epidamnos. It has shown that the earliest strigiles, found m West Macedonia (Trebenište/Suva češma) and in Sisak, come from the same period as the specimen from the necropolis of Apollonia, and that they are typologically identical. The specimen from Trebenište is dated to the end of the VI or beginning of the V century B. C., while the most recent specimen found in the necropolis Isar-Marvinci comes from the end of V or beginning of the IV century.Among the strigiles from Demir Kapija the earliest is the piece from grave 45, with the seal on the handle, which could be dated to the last quarter of the V century, while the others, mostly made of iron, are dated to the IV century B. C. A very fine specimen from Trebenište/Suva češma, of luxurious fashion, is the only one with the traces of silver-plated surface. It had an inscription on the handle, scratched in the letters of west archaic Greek alphabet, used not only in the poleis of Middle Greece, but also in their colonies in South Italy and on Sicily. That confirms the supposition of V. Lahtov and J. Kastelic of the early datation of this piece, being the first of the similar specimens from Yugoslavia, with importance in other aspects. The strigiles from East Adriatic colonies are dated mostly to Hellenistic and early Roman period, while the earliest specimens come from the necropolis Martvilo (Issa) and are dated to the III and the II century B. C. Some specimens from Archaeological Museum of Split, on the ground of the analogies with some specimens from necropolis Meligounís-Lipàra, could be dated to the end of the Hellenistic period or to the beginning of the I century A. D. The large group of strigiles from Sisak contains such specimens, too.

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