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Soline − Sv. Petar bay (the island of Krk)

Goranka Lipovac Vrkljan
Ranko Starac

Abstract

By surveying the area of the lagoon Sv. Petar in December 2006, we discovered an extreme concentration of ceramic fragments from the Antiquity on the coastal area of the lagoon, as well as in its immediate shallow offshore area. We are speaking of a rather considerable presence of Roman Age architectural ceramics: fragments of tegulae, imbrices, spicae and tubulae. Apart from this material, a rather large number of amphora fragments was also noticed. Ceramics for domestic usage were recorded by merely a couple of fragments. Especially characteristic for this Antique site are the finds of a considerable number of burnt ceramics, as well as a myriad of amorphous forms and fragments of a chamotte lining. In the shoals of the bay Sv. Petar, parts of harbour facilities, possibly Antique, were also noticed. The finds mentioned as well as the previously discovered tegulae with stamps by Sextus Metilius Maximus from the Soline bay demonstrate that the owner of this figlina in Crikvenica (site Crikvenica “Igralište”) had probably also held a ceramics workshop in the area of the lagoon Sv. Petar.

Keywords

the bay of Soline; lagoon Sv. Petar; Roman period; ceramic fragments

Hrčak ID:

13244

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/13244

Publication date:

5.6.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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