Jajce

JAJCE Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia.

Remains of an ancient brick-works, Roman buildings, traces of a 4th c. necropolis and a sanctuary of the god Mithras ca. 48 km S of Banja Luka. In the temple were found Roman coins (2d-4th c.) and artifacts. On a massive rock inside a small spelaeum is a likeness of Mithras. The altars excavated in the sanctuary bear no inscriptions.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

C. Patsch, WMBH 8 (1902) 108-9; D. Sergejevski, GZM Sarajevo 49 (1937) 11-18; id., GZM Sarajevo (1938) str. 61; V. Paşkvalin, GZM Sarajevo, Arheologija N5 Sv. XXV, 29238; J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia (1969).

V. PASKVALIN