Original scientific paper
Fine tableware and clay lamps from the seabed of Ortopla
Igor Miholjek
orcid.org/0000-0002-0095-0642
; Hrvatski restauratorski zavod, Odjel za podvodnu arheologiju
Iva Stojević
Abstract
This paper presents the results of the analysis of fine tableware and lamps from the underwater archaeological excavation at Ortopla. The site was part of the Roman province of Dalmatia, near Jablanac today, and is called Stinica. Even though this Antiquity settlement is mentioned by numerous sources, Ortopla has never been the subject of research led or development led excavations. The first rescue excavation was carried out in 2009 by the Croatian Conservation Institute, Department for Underwater Archaeology, under the direction of Igor Miholjek. The excavation area produced various archaeological finds that can be dated to the Antiquity period, and most of the assemblage consists of tableware: Arretine ware, South Gaulish samian ware, Eastern Sigillata B, and African Red Slip ware. Fragments of thin-walled ware were also found, and they can be attributed to Italian workshops. Three types of Roman lamps were also excavated: Loeschcke I/ Iványi I, Loeschcke IX/ Iványi XVI and Loeschcke X/ Iványi XVII, each of them representing a typical form widely spread throughout the Empire.
Keywords
Ortopla; Roman pottery; tableware; lamps; underwater excavation
Hrčak ID:
94547
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2012.
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