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Excavation

  • Sexaginta Prista
  • Ruse
  • Sexaginta Prista
  • Bulgaria
  • Ruse

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  • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

    MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

    ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

    AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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Summary (English)

  • ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN SEXAGINTA PRISTA (Varbin Varbanov – ramonearhaeology@abv.bg, Deyan Dragoev) Twenty-two ritual pits, 1.50 – 2.40 m in depth and 1.10 – 2.30 m in diameter, were registered. They contained animal bones, small pieces of charcoal, ash, fragmentary clay plasters, dolia, two ceramic bowls, a ceramic strainer, five amphorae handles with stamps, a sherd of imported pottery, three spindle-whorls, two whetstones, an iron adze, a ploughshare, three bronze fibulae, two pins, etc. The pits date to the 1st century BC – 1st century AD. They are arranged close to each other and some of them are overlapping. It was found that the southwestern wall of the Temple of Apollo was destroyed. Most probably, only the Temple of Apollo existed on the site during the second half of the 2nd century AD. The other cult buildings, explored in 1976 – 1978, are part of architectural complex that existed in the 3rd century AD. The Principia of Sexaginta Prista was built over the Temple of Apollo in the beginning of the 4th century AD. Its apse, 4 m in length, was discovered. The wall is c. 80 cm in thickness. Part of the brick floor of the “Temple of the Standards” is preserved. A hoard of coins minted from Constantine the Great (emission minted in AD 313 – 315) to Arcadius (emission minted in AD 383 – 392) was discovered. According to the coins, the roof of the Principia collapsed in the period AD 383 – 400. During the 5th – 6th century AD, the building was reconstructed and reused, but it was not used as the Principia. Foundations of a building and six cess pits of the 19th century were registered. During the excavations, two Hellenistic coins, eight Roman coins of the 1st – 3rd centuries AD, 21 Late Roman coins of the 4th century AD, two Early Byzantine coins of the 6th century AD, and three Ottoman and Late Mediaeval coins were found.

Director

  • Deyan Dragoev - Regional Museum of History – Ruse
  • Varbin Varbanov - Regional Museum of History – Ruse

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Research Body

  • Regional Museum of History – Ruse

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