Professional paper

Greco-Hellenistic pottery from the St Elijah site in Zadar

Petra Govorčin

Abstract

This paper analyses the findings of Greek and Hellenistic pottery from the archaeological strata below the demolished parish house next to the church of St Elijah in Zadar, which rests on the Roman capitol. The represented types of Greco-Hellenistic pottery are: black-figured, red-figured, Gnathia-type, black-coated, grey-coated and red-coated pottery and one fragment of a Hellenistic decorative tile. These artefacts should be observed in their entirety with other simultaneous findings from the Zadar peninsula, but they can straightaway confirm the existence of a rich Liburnian community. Although the material comes from a small explored area, its processing is a part of the puzzle which creates an image of the insufficiently investigated prehistoric Zadar and which confirms trading contacts with the west Adriatic coast and central Dalmatia.

Keywords

Zadar in the Iron Age; black-figure pottery; red-figure pottery; Gnathia-type pottery; black-coated pottery; grey-coated pottery; red-coated pottery

Hrčak ID:

266597

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/266597

Publication date:

2.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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