Original scientific paper
Ancient copper alloy lamps in the Museum of Slavonia
Slavica Filipović
; Muzej Slavonije Osijek
Mirna Crnković
Abstract
The Museum of Slavonia hosts 12 lamps made of copper alloys originating from the Roman period, which have ended up here under various circumstances. Five of these lamps originate from the new protected archaeological sites of the ancient Mursa (2001 – 2013) located in the area of the former “Drava” barracks. The sites are managed by senior Museum custodian Slavica Filipović. Three lamps have been donated to the Museum while the other four have been bought off. All the lamps, except one which is believedto originate from the village of Nagy Karoly, Hungary, are attached to the area of the Roman Mursa, now known as Donji grad (Downtown) of Osijek.
Several types of copper lamps have been determined. Two lamps belong to the Iványi XL type and come in different shapes, one in the form of a mask and the other one resembling a human leg put into a kind of footwear. The Iványi XXXIX type is featured by a shell-shaped lamp with a lunular handle. The Iványi XXXI / Loeschcke XIX type is represented by a volute lamp decorated by rosettes. The Iványi XXXVI / Loeschcke XXII type lamps appear as variants of ceramic Firma lamps. There is also a Iványi XXIX type lamp with round volutes which ends convert into nods. The Iványi XXXVIII type is featured by a group of lamps that developed from ceramic types of Firma lamps. The last type of lamps presented in the catalogue is most likely to belong to the Loeschcke XXI type and has a circular handle decorated by a lunula. Six lamps dateback to the 1st century or to the late 1st and early 2nd century, i.e. to the pre-colonial period of Mursa. There are two other lamps dated to the 1st century and are said to be an italic import. Later on, in the 2nd and 3rd century, such lamps were manufactured locally in Pannonia.
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217673
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Publication date:
29.1.2016.
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