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ARCHEOLOGY   DEPARTMENT
Employees:
Ivanka Kamenjarin, senior curator, head of department
Ivan Šuta, senior curator
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MIDDLE AGE COLLECTION


12. GARGOYLE

Site: Kaštel Novi, Our Lady of Stomorija
Material: limestone of Seget type
Dating: around the 12th century
Dimensions: length 72 cm, height 32 cm, width 25 cm

Description: Gargoyle is used to collecting water into the trough and to leak it through a smaller opening into the stream well. It consists of carved grooves and stylized human head through whose mouth the water runs.  The head has the features of the Romanesque style.