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Pincum relief
The Pincum relief is a funerary art fragment of an early 2nd century AD Roman marble relief depicting Achilles and Hector of the Trojan cycle of Homer's Iliad. It is unique in the way that it's the only stelae depicting this myth found in Upper Moesia.
The relief was found in Veliko Gradište, Serbia (Roman "Pincum", Upper Moesia) at the estate of Kosta Marković.
It is made of white coarse-grained marble and depicts Achilles standing with the dead body of Hector,
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Vasić was interested into prehistoric and classical archaeology and especially was into medieval Serbian archaeology and sculpture. After graduating in Belgrade, he already published two noted, scientifically well documented works in "", oldest journal of the Serbian archaeological society, on Roman cities of Pincum (known for Pincum relief) and Viminacium, modern Veliko Gradište and Kostolac, respectively. After finishing his studies in Germany he excavated prehistoric settlements of Jablanica, near Međulužje (1900), Čaršija, near Ripanj (1904) and Mali Drum, near