Original scientific paper

ALTO-ADRIATICO VASES FROM ISSA

Branko Kirigin ; Split, Arheloški muzej

Abstract

In this paper 10 oinohoai of the Alto-Adriatico style from Issa are published. A short history and bibliography of the study of these vases is presented at the beginning of the paper. A distribution map of these vases which are found on 10 sites is given (fig. 1) and also a quantitative figure (fig. 2) of shapes and number of vases found on sites. All together15 shapes and 373 vases of Alto-Adriatico style are known. From this it is evident that the production and distribution is restricted to the north and central Adriatic and that the concentration is in Spina (180) and Adria (11O). All the known vases are found in graves what strongly suggests their funerary function.The vases from Issa could be dated in the late 4th cent. B. C. and probably in the very early 3rd cent. B.C. In Issa they are found on 3 cemeteries but all the vases are similar in shape, decoration and fabric. It could be that these vases came from Spina or from Adria (?) together with grain or ores which the Isseians needed. The fact that the number of Alto-Adriatico vases is very small and that not many painters (hands) can be distinguished made the author think that the production did not lastlong, i.e. from the mid 4th cent. B. C. to the early 3rd. cent. B. C.Although the vases belong to the Hellenistic period they are not Hellenistic but an late provincial offspring of redfigured vases of the classical period.At the end of the paper a detailed catalogue of the published vases is given.

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Hrčak ID:

117972

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/117972

Publication date:

10.2.1992.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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