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Glass pouring vessels from the Roman-era Relja necropolis in Zadar

Berislav Štefanac

Sažetak

The text contains an analysis of glass bird-shaped droppers. The
recipients were found during recent archaeological research in the
territory of the Roman-era necropolis known as “Relja” in Zadar.
These are items characterized by spherical or ovoid shaped bodies
with longer or shorter cylindrical necks. The vial’s body features a
narrow tubular spout (a stylized bird’s tail) which served to pour
liquids in measured doses. Based on the appearance of their
recipients and their purpose, these pouring vessels have been
divided into two typological groups (spouted spherical bottles
[baby feeders] and ovoid droppers). According to the dating of
the grave units in which they were found and based on close
analogies, the examples can be said to belong to the period from
the late first to mid-third centuries. Besides these unpublished
examples from the Zadar necropolis, a guttus is also published
here which originated in the wider Zadar area, although its exact
discovery site is not known. The origin of the spherical and ovoid
pouring vessels are sought in the eastern glass workshops.

Ključne riječi

Iader; Roman glass; guttus

Hrčak ID:

47743

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/47743

Datum izdavanja:

1.12.2009.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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