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Excavation

  • Drastar
  • Silistra
  • Durostorum, Drastar
  • Bulgaria
  • Silistra
  • Silistra

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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)

  • DRASTAR (Varbin Varbanov – ramonearhaeology@abv.bg, Nikola Rusev) A stratum of the 13th – 14th centuries was explored. A hoard was found, consisting of 56 copper coins of Manuel I Komnenos, Isaac II Angelos, Alexios III Angelos, Bulgarian and Latin imitative coins of the 13th – 14th centuries, the Bulgarian kings Ivan Alexander and Ivan Shishman. Three Christian burials were discovered over the central nave of the earlier Basilica No. 4. A three-aisled Basilica No. 4 of the 10th – 11th centuries was discovered under the stratum of the 13th – 14th centuries. The southern aisle, part of the central nave and the wall dividing the narthex and the nave were explored. They were built of ashlars bonded with mortar. The outer wall of the central apse was hexagonal. A two-step synthrone was discovered in the apse and a stone pavement was documented in the central nave. The southern aisle was 11.05 m long and 2.60 – 2.80 m wide. It had stone pavement and an apse with pentagonal outer wall. There was a secondary constructed entrance on the southern wall and two pilasters were built at the outer side of the wall. Thirty-seven Christian burials were discovered in both naves and to the east of the basilica. The burials outside the church were dug into a layer that contained anonymous Byzantine folles of the end of the 10th – 11th centuries. The burials were carried out after the end of the 11th century. One grave contained two bodies and another one was reused. Six burials contained grave goods: jewelry, decorations from clothes and coins.

  • Varbin Varbanov - Regional Museum of History – Ruse 
  • Nikola Rusev - Museum of History – Popovo 

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  • Regional Museum of History – Silistra

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