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.5.) and a bell-shaped beaker with a ring base 90 AD, according to the grave assemblage (Fadić glassmaterialfromtheromannecropolisofbudvainthesocialandeconomiccontextoftheempire 113
(104, form 3.6.3.). The graves can be dated from and Štefanac 2010, 300, cat. nos. 21–2).
the mid to the second half or the end of the 1st
century. The bodies of miniature transport ampho-
rae (Stern 1995, 157) are decorated with concen-
Figure 50: Miniature transport amphora of translucent tric mould-blown ridges and are again more nu-
manganese-coloured glass with handles of dark blue merously represented, 19 were found in graves
glass. Archaeological Museum Zagreb, Croatia during the 1980–81 excavation, and one is kept in
(photo: Archive of AMZ). Zagreb collection (figure/slika 50) and 2 vessels
Slika 50: Miniaturna amfora iz prosojnega vijoličnega in the National Museum in Belgrade (Veličković
stekla in z ročaji iz temno modrega stekla. Archeološki 1976, 71, figs. 19–20). This type of vessel imitates
muzej Zagreb, Hrvaška (foto: arhiv AMZ). large clay transport amphorae. The tall slender
body is an imitation of Greco-Italic amphorae of
Similar finds from the graves in Zadar (Ia- the late Hellenistic Period. The miniature glass
der) and Liburnia can be determined to belong amphorae are made of translucent coloured glass
to two series of production (Fadić and Štefanac of violet, blue, yellow and greenish colour. Two
2010, 298, cat. nos. 18–20). Three finds from examples have coloured handles, one is dark blue
the grave No. 367 of Relja necropolis (Zadar) with greenish handles and another in the Zagreb
are dated to the period of the emperor Claudi- collection is made of manganese-coloured glass
us (41–54 AD), while the one from grave no. 310 with dark blue handles.
and the find kept at the Murano Museum be-
long to another series and are dated from 40 to In graves, they appear individually or in
pairs (Marković 2012, gr. 107, 144, XLVIe) and
in combinations with bulbous bottles (gr. 65, 66,
28/2, Ve). The form is dated to the second half of
the 1st century and the finds spread all over the
Mediterranean, including Pavia, Pompei and
Aquileia (Stern 1995, 158). It is possible that some
of these amphorae might have been produced
also in one of the western workshops. In Mon-
tenegro, similar finds are known from Doclea,
where one of them was found in a grave with
the coin of the emperor Hadrian (117–138 AD),
which shows the popularity of these vessels that
were obviously in use also some decades after the
1st century (Cermanović-Kuzmanović 1976, 178,
tab. III: 16). Other comparisons can be men-
tioned to be found in Scupi (Skoplje, FYRM),
grave No. 137, which is dated to the Flavian pe-
riod (Mikulčić 1976, 194, tab. IV: 382), while the
finds from Zadar, kept at the Murano Museum,
have no dated context (Ravagnan 1994, 34, cat.
nos. 26–7).
Two hexagonal juglets (figure/slika 51) with
Dionysiac symbols (Stern 1995, 160), one from
grave 81 (Marković 2012, pl. 61: 2) and another
kept at the National Museum collection in Bel-
grade in Serbia (Veličković 1976, 171, tab. II: 3),
are identical in decoration but the first one is
(104, form 3.6.3.). The graves can be dated from and Štefanac 2010, 300, cat. nos. 21–2).
the mid to the second half or the end of the 1st
century. The bodies of miniature transport ampho-
rae (Stern 1995, 157) are decorated with concen-
Figure 50: Miniature transport amphora of translucent tric mould-blown ridges and are again more nu-
manganese-coloured glass with handles of dark blue merously represented, 19 were found in graves
glass. Archaeological Museum Zagreb, Croatia during the 1980–81 excavation, and one is kept in
(photo: Archive of AMZ). Zagreb collection (figure/slika 50) and 2 vessels
Slika 50: Miniaturna amfora iz prosojnega vijoličnega in the National Museum in Belgrade (Veličković
stekla in z ročaji iz temno modrega stekla. Archeološki 1976, 71, figs. 19–20). This type of vessel imitates
muzej Zagreb, Hrvaška (foto: arhiv AMZ). large clay transport amphorae. The tall slender
body is an imitation of Greco-Italic amphorae of
Similar finds from the graves in Zadar (Ia- the late Hellenistic Period. The miniature glass
der) and Liburnia can be determined to belong amphorae are made of translucent coloured glass
to two series of production (Fadić and Štefanac of violet, blue, yellow and greenish colour. Two
2010, 298, cat. nos. 18–20). Three finds from examples have coloured handles, one is dark blue
the grave No. 367 of Relja necropolis (Zadar) with greenish handles and another in the Zagreb
are dated to the period of the emperor Claudi- collection is made of manganese-coloured glass
us (41–54 AD), while the one from grave no. 310 with dark blue handles.
and the find kept at the Murano Museum be-
long to another series and are dated from 40 to In graves, they appear individually or in
pairs (Marković 2012, gr. 107, 144, XLVIe) and
in combinations with bulbous bottles (gr. 65, 66,
28/2, Ve). The form is dated to the second half of
the 1st century and the finds spread all over the
Mediterranean, including Pavia, Pompei and
Aquileia (Stern 1995, 158). It is possible that some
of these amphorae might have been produced
also in one of the western workshops. In Mon-
tenegro, similar finds are known from Doclea,
where one of them was found in a grave with
the coin of the emperor Hadrian (117–138 AD),
which shows the popularity of these vessels that
were obviously in use also some decades after the
1st century (Cermanović-Kuzmanović 1976, 178,
tab. III: 16). Other comparisons can be men-
tioned to be found in Scupi (Skoplje, FYRM),
grave No. 137, which is dated to the Flavian pe-
riod (Mikulčić 1976, 194, tab. IV: 382), while the
finds from Zadar, kept at the Murano Museum,
have no dated context (Ravagnan 1994, 34, cat.
nos. 26–7).
Two hexagonal juglets (figure/slika 51) with
Dionysiac symbols (Stern 1995, 160), one from
grave 81 (Marković 2012, pl. 61: 2) and another
kept at the National Museum collection in Bel-
grade in Serbia (Veličković 1976, 171, tab. II: 3),
are identical in decoration but the first one is
