Heritage Museum Pljevlja

Heritage Museum Pljevlja

Pljevlja Diatreta
Established	1952
Location	Pljevlja, Montenegro
Coordinates	43°22′N 19°22′E / 43.36°N 19.36°E
Collection size	more than 5,000 objects
Director	Risto Manojlović
Website	Museum website

The Heritage Museum Pljevlja (Serbian: ЈУ Завичајни Музеј Пљевља) is a museum in Pljevlja, Montenegro. The museum collection begins with works of prehistoric art from the 1st – 4th centuries BC. One of the largest museums in Montenegro, it was founded in 1952. Its holdings amount to over 5,000 items, of which only a small number are on permanent display, including the Pljevlja diatreta or cage cup.

Pljevlja diatreta

The Pljevlja diatreta is a well-preserved cage cup^[1] from the 4th century AD. It is made of transparent colourless glass with a cobalt blue web. The inscription on it is of the same colour: VIVAS PANELLENI BONA. The cup is also a very rare example of a complete Roman cage cup , or diatretum. It comes from a famous workshop in Cologne. The cup is not on display, but can be looked at a scheduled appointment with the museum administration.

Fibula (brooch) gallery

A cross-shaped fibula made of bronze, a silver heart-shaped pendant, a silver jointed fibula(1st – 2nd century), a silver ring with a red rock (2nd – th century).

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  Silver necklace 1st–2nd century BC.
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  Fibula 1st–2nd century BC.
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  The belt part of the Montenegrian women folk costume from Serbian clans.

Bibliography

• History of Pljevlja Municipality, 2009, Heritage Museum Pljevlja, pp. 615–621. Prof. Slavenko Terzic (ed.), CIP Cataloguing in Publication of the Central NationalLibrary of Montenegro, Cetinje.

References

1. A cage cup consists of an inner beaker and an outer cage or shell of decoration that stands out from the body of the cup, to which it is attached.

External links

• Museum website (Serbian)