Original scientific paper

The small glass boat from Salona

Zrinka Buljević

Abstract

A model of a glass boat from Salona was found in a woman’s or
possibly child’s grave 348 of Salona’s West Necropolis, in a layer
dated using the coins found there. Given the finds of coins, ollaform
balsamaria, and tubular balsamaria with equal body and neck
lengths, I maintain that the layer, like the grave, should be dated
to the Tiberian-Claudian era at the earliest, and with regard to the
presence of the remaining first-century finds, the grave cannot be
younger than the first century AD. Given the analogous example
and the find context, we may conclude that the Salona boat is an
Italic product of the second quarter or mid-first century AD and
possibly served as a container for dice and counters.

Keywords

glass; boat; Salona

Hrčak ID:

111630

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/111630

Publication date:

20.11.2013.

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