A Contribution to the Contextualization and Dating of Stećci in Staro Slano near Trebinje

Abstract

With the help of documents from the State Archives of Dubrovnik, the author provides a contribution to the historical context and dating of two medieval tombstones (stećci) of Dobrilo Pribilović and Dobrilo Božićković in Staro Slano near Trebinje. The key factors in this are the scribes Obrad Krajković  and Ivko Obradović. The author confirms Marko Vego’s assumption that the scribes were related and that they were father and son. Obrad Krajković from Lug near Trebinje is mentioned in written records of the Dubrovnik archives in the period from 1420 to 1447. He had brothers Metko (1411–1434), Staniša (1420–1428) and, probably, Ratko Krajković (1429). Obrad’s sons were Pribio (1426–1444), Ivko (1440), Vukosav (1440–1456), Vukac (1440–1469) and Jurak (1453–1459) Obradović Krajković. The inscription on the tombstone of Dobrilo Pribilović was created in the
first half of the 15th century and this can be more precisely determined through the mentioning of scribe Obrad Krajković (1420–1447). The tombstone of Dobrilo Božićković is from the middle of the 15th century which is determined by the existence of the scribe Ivko Obradović (1440), as well as the last mention of his father Obrad Krajković (1447).