Borzić, Igor – Anamarija Eterović Borzić – Dinko Radić : Kopila. Grad mrtvih nad poljem Života / The city of the dead above the field of life
"Borzić, Igor – Anamarija Eterović Borzić – Dinko Radić : Kopila. Grad mrtvih nad poljem Života / The city of the dead above the field of life"
Igor Borzić – Anamarija Eterović Borzić – Dinko Radić,
Kopila. Grad mrtvih nad poljem Života / The city of the dead above the field of life
Split 2025
ISBN 978-953-7633-53-0
96 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 27,5 x 21,5 cm; broschiert/softcover
zweisprachig kroatisch - englisch / bilingual croatian - english
An extraordinary collection of Hellenistic pottery has been discovered at the prehistoric necropolis of Kopila – vessels carefully placed alongside the deceased, always in the same positions, almost identical in shape and decoration. Guttoi. Skyphoi. Kantharoi. Repeated from grave to grave – like a ritual, like a vow, like a bridge.
These vessels are not mere archaeological artefacts. They are objects of passage, soul guardians, silent witnesses to the belief that death is not the end.
The pottery from Kopila speaks of an organised funerary system, of a community with clearly defined rituals and spiritual beliefs that transcend time and space.
In its silence echoes a question for today’s observer:
if we could carry something with us – one object, one thought, one value – what would it be?
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