Asseria, Vol. 9 No. 9, 2011.
Review article
TEGULAE WITH STAMPS FROM THE OLD HOLDINGS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM IN ZADAR
Ivana Juras
orcid.org/0000-0003-2136-6784
; Arheološki muzej Zadar
Abstract
Tegulae with stamps from the old holdings of the Archaeological Museum in Zadar are presented in this paper. They were found at Asseria in the early 20th century. Their rediscovery happened owing to comprehensive revisory analysis which has been conducted in the museum in the last few years with the aim of data input in the program M++. Tegulae were found in three campaigns undertaken in 1900, 1903 and 1911 by the Austrian Archaeological Institute from Vienna. After they had been brought to the Museum, all tegulae were recorded in the book of acquisitions which was written from October 2, 1898 until May 16, 1927. Analysis revealed that most tegulae were imported from northern Italic workshops i.e. from the area of the Po River delta and Aquileia and its surroundings. Tegulae from local workshops are less numerous. We could not find analogies for one tegula in the available literature but it is possible that it was produced in some local workshop. Although this is a relatively small sample, it is clear that commercial connections between the hinterland of Dalmatia and northern Adriatic area were strong.
Keywords
Asseria; tegula; stamp; workshop
Hrčak ID:
81206
URI
Publication date:
2.5.2012.
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