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ure 54: A shallow ring-footed bowl with a wide out-turned rim, made of decolourised glass. Archaeological Muse- glassmaterialfromtheromannecropolisofbudvainthesocialandeconomiccontextoftheempire 117
um Zagreb, Croatia (photo: Archive of AMZ).
Slika 54: Plitva skodela s prstanansto nogo in široko izvihanim ustjem iz dekoloriranega stekla. Arheološki muzej Za-
greb, Hrvaška (foto: arhiv AMZ).
tails of these vessels have no exact comparisons. er numerous. It also seems that from Italian and
It could be a speculation to suppose, that the ves- some other western workshops mostly the vessels
sels must have come from one single workshop? for everyday use were imported, like tubular and
conical toilet bottles or square transport bottles.
Conclusion On the other side more luxurious vessels, like
It is surprising how important glass vessels in a numerous mould-blown flasks made of trans-
grave ritual of Budva were; glass is prevalent over lucent coloured glass, were imported from the
other materials and many graves comprise only East i.e. the Syro-Palestinian workshops. Based
glass as a grave good in a burial. And that does on the published material from 1980–1981 exca-
not mean only one modest balsamarium but se- vations it can be concluded that trade was much
veral glass vessels, some of them representing the more intensive with the eastern Mediterranean
highest level of craftsmanship from the Mediter- since the material is represented through the pe-
ranean workshops. riod from the 1st to the 4th centuries, although in
the 3rd and 4th centuries to a slightly lesser extent.
In the 1st and 2nd centuries, vessels from the
Syro-Palestinian workshops presented above There are still numerous open questions
were most popular and from the second half of about the glass assemblage from Budva necrop-
the 2nd century onwards, products from Cypri- olis. It would be extremely important to pub-
ot and other Mediterranean workshops are rath- lish also the material from older excavations to
um Zagreb, Croatia (photo: Archive of AMZ).
Slika 54: Plitva skodela s prstanansto nogo in široko izvihanim ustjem iz dekoloriranega stekla. Arheološki muzej Za-
greb, Hrvaška (foto: arhiv AMZ).
tails of these vessels have no exact comparisons. er numerous. It also seems that from Italian and
It could be a speculation to suppose, that the ves- some other western workshops mostly the vessels
sels must have come from one single workshop? for everyday use were imported, like tubular and
conical toilet bottles or square transport bottles.
Conclusion On the other side more luxurious vessels, like
It is surprising how important glass vessels in a numerous mould-blown flasks made of trans-
grave ritual of Budva were; glass is prevalent over lucent coloured glass, were imported from the
other materials and many graves comprise only East i.e. the Syro-Palestinian workshops. Based
glass as a grave good in a burial. And that does on the published material from 1980–1981 exca-
not mean only one modest balsamarium but se- vations it can be concluded that trade was much
veral glass vessels, some of them representing the more intensive with the eastern Mediterranean
highest level of craftsmanship from the Mediter- since the material is represented through the pe-
ranean workshops. riod from the 1st to the 4th centuries, although in
the 3rd and 4th centuries to a slightly lesser extent.
In the 1st and 2nd centuries, vessels from the
Syro-Palestinian workshops presented above There are still numerous open questions
were most popular and from the second half of about the glass assemblage from Budva necrop-
the 2nd century onwards, products from Cypri- olis. It would be extremely important to pub-
ot and other Mediterranean workshops are rath- lish also the material from older excavations to
