Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33254/piaz.39.2.4
Late Antique glazed and non-glazed mortars from Verušed and Lobor
Petra Nikšić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0181-2487
; Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This paper presents and analyzes late antique glazed mortars from the sites Josipovac – Verušed near Osijek and Lobor – Our Lady of the Mountain in Hrvatsko Zagorje, as well as non-glazed mortars found in Verušed. Previous research on small finds, especially metal objects, confirms that the antique and late antique rural settlement in Verušed was inhabited from the 2nd to the beginning of the 5th century at the latest. On the other hand, the site in Lobor, due to its isolated geographic position in the unstable times of Late Antiquity, survived into the 6th century, its prosperity marked by the construction, maintenance, and restoration of a significant church complex that was the center of the late antique hillfort in the context of which the fragments of glazed mortars were found. Considering the differences between these two sites, samples of late antique glazed mortars were chosen in order to determine the degree of similarity and difference in the production, distribution, and use of this type of glazed pottery. Mortar fragments are typologically and chronologically analyzed, with a discussion of other basic characteristics of late antique glazed mortars, such as measurements, grit, slip, glaze, and decorations. Glazed mortars from Josipovac – Verušed and Lobor – Our Lady of the Mountain are compared with each other and with the available data on glazed mortars from other similar sites.
Keywords
late antique pottery; glazed mortars; Verušed; Lobor
Hrčak ID:
287987
URI
Publication date:
21.12.2022.
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