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ena lazar ■ pogled skozi steklo • a look through the glass 112 Figure 49: Ovular amphorisk made of colourless glass the Zagreb collection also two-handled vessels
with handles of naturally coloured glass. Archaeological made of dark blue, yellow and decolourised glass
are preserved. The latter has coil handles made
Museum Zagreb, Croatia (photo: Archive of AMZ). of naturally coloured glass, as another two am-
Slika 49: Ovalni amforisk iz dekolororanega stekla phorisks in the Budva museum, which are made
of violet and decolourised glass. The bottles ap-
z ročaji iz naravno obarvanega stekla. Archeološki muzej pear in graves individually or in pairs and also in
Zagreb, Hrvaška (foto: arhiv AMZ). combination with other forms of mould-blown
vessels like miniature amphorae (Marković 2012,
(Stern 1995, 152) with one or two handles, 37 bot- gr. 66), juglets with a flattened hexagonal body
tles are represented within the published grave (gr. 177), spherical bottles with vertical ribs (gr.
contexts and another 3 examples in Zagreb (fig- 180, 28/2, Ve).
ure/slika 49) and 3 in the Belgrade collection
(Veličković 1976, 170, figs. 16–8). The body of Excavated finds in Greece and Crimea sug-
these bottles which is globular or ovoid was gested a 1st-century date of the finds and numer-
blown in a two-part mould of two vertical sec- ous find spots point to production in the Eastern
tions (Stern 1995, 152) and is decorated with a Mediterranean (Athens, Damascus, Thessaloni-
band of scrolls or a tendril, flanked by vertical ki, Georgia, etc.) (Stern 1995, 152). The suggested
petals or flutes above and below. Handles are ap- Italian or Western Mediterranean production
plied to the shoulder and attached to the neck, on the basis of finds from Cumae, Zadar and
while the handle of one-handled bottles with Benkovac is in my opinion not likely. The finds
projecting thumb-rest is attached to the rim. from these sites may well have been traded by the
Vessels of this type were predominantly made of Mediterranean routes from the East.
translucent manganese-coloured glass, while in
The graves with amphorisks from Budva
necropolis are dated mostly to the first century
but some of them were found also in graves from
the beginning or the first half of the 2nd centu-
ry, where this type of mould-blown bottles ap-
pear together with a bowl Isings 43 with applied
ribbed or corrugated bands on the everted rim
(Marković 2012, gr. 66).
Spherical bottles with vertical ribs (Stern
1995, 149) are represented with only two exam-
ples (gr. 180, gr. AI-9). They are supposed to be
produced in the second half of the 1st century
in the Eastern Mediterranean, probably in the
Syro-Palestinian area. There are several finds
of one-handled bottles known from Armenia,
Georgia, and Panticapaeum, most probably im-
ported from Syria (Stern 1995, 150; Kunina 1997,
280, cat. no. 139, fig. 84). The two-handled bottle
made of manganese-coloured glass was put in a
grave together with a Hofheim cup or a beaker of
Is 12 form (Marković 2012, pl. 114: 13; Isings 1957,
28), while the one-handled vessel made of yellow
coloured glass was in a grave with an above de-
scribed bulbous bottle, a balsamarium with a
constriction on the neck (Lazar 2003a, 180, form
with handles of naturally coloured glass. Archaeological made of dark blue, yellow and decolourised glass
are preserved. The latter has coil handles made
Museum Zagreb, Croatia (photo: Archive of AMZ). of naturally coloured glass, as another two am-
Slika 49: Ovalni amforisk iz dekolororanega stekla phorisks in the Budva museum, which are made
of violet and decolourised glass. The bottles ap-
z ročaji iz naravno obarvanega stekla. Archeološki muzej pear in graves individually or in pairs and also in
Zagreb, Hrvaška (foto: arhiv AMZ). combination with other forms of mould-blown
vessels like miniature amphorae (Marković 2012,
(Stern 1995, 152) with one or two handles, 37 bot- gr. 66), juglets with a flattened hexagonal body
tles are represented within the published grave (gr. 177), spherical bottles with vertical ribs (gr.
contexts and another 3 examples in Zagreb (fig- 180, 28/2, Ve).
ure/slika 49) and 3 in the Belgrade collection
(Veličković 1976, 170, figs. 16–8). The body of Excavated finds in Greece and Crimea sug-
these bottles which is globular or ovoid was gested a 1st-century date of the finds and numer-
blown in a two-part mould of two vertical sec- ous find spots point to production in the Eastern
tions (Stern 1995, 152) and is decorated with a Mediterranean (Athens, Damascus, Thessaloni-
band of scrolls or a tendril, flanked by vertical ki, Georgia, etc.) (Stern 1995, 152). The suggested
petals or flutes above and below. Handles are ap- Italian or Western Mediterranean production
plied to the shoulder and attached to the neck, on the basis of finds from Cumae, Zadar and
while the handle of one-handled bottles with Benkovac is in my opinion not likely. The finds
projecting thumb-rest is attached to the rim. from these sites may well have been traded by the
Vessels of this type were predominantly made of Mediterranean routes from the East.
translucent manganese-coloured glass, while in
The graves with amphorisks from Budva
necropolis are dated mostly to the first century
but some of them were found also in graves from
the beginning or the first half of the 2nd centu-
ry, where this type of mould-blown bottles ap-
pear together with a bowl Isings 43 with applied
ribbed or corrugated bands on the everted rim
(Marković 2012, gr. 66).
Spherical bottles with vertical ribs (Stern
1995, 149) are represented with only two exam-
ples (gr. 180, gr. AI-9). They are supposed to be
produced in the second half of the 1st century
in the Eastern Mediterranean, probably in the
Syro-Palestinian area. There are several finds
of one-handled bottles known from Armenia,
Georgia, and Panticapaeum, most probably im-
ported from Syria (Stern 1995, 150; Kunina 1997,
280, cat. no. 139, fig. 84). The two-handled bottle
made of manganese-coloured glass was put in a
grave together with a Hofheim cup or a beaker of
Is 12 form (Marković 2012, pl. 114: 13; Isings 1957,
28), while the one-handled vessel made of yellow
coloured glass was in a grave with an above de-
scribed bulbous bottle, a balsamarium with a
constriction on the neck (Lazar 2003a, 180, form
