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Figure 62: The number of plain goblets stored at the museum in Biograd (photo: Caroline Jackson).
Slika 62: Velika količina navadnih čaš shranjenih v muzeju v Biogradu (foto: Caroline Jackson).
renissima, joined by Slovene, Italian and Aus- coloured glass. It represents roughly 75% of the
trian Universities at the end of 2004, with the entire glass assemblage from the wreck. The ta-
main portion of the project being finished in bleware included beakers, goblets and tank-
2005 (Gnalić 2004; Guštin, Gelichi, and Spin- ards, as well as bowls, lids, tazzae and vases. The
dler 2006). The glass cargo was studied by a team group of containers is less numerous and includ-
joined by Slovene and English colleagues. From ed sprinklers, flasks, bottles and jars. A small se-
the amount and variety of the studied glass ma- lection of coloured glass was also discovered. The
terial, we may suppose that it was a very impor- style of these vessels is very un-European and
tant, if not the most important, part of the ship’s they represent even less than 0,5 % of the cargo.
cargo. We can now estimate that the amount
of the excavated objects totals in excess of 5500 We will briefly present the variety of forms
pieces, and this is by no means all the original and glass groups represented in the cargo. The
cargo, it is likely that the majority of the material first group are plain beakers. We divided them
is still underwater (Lazar and Willmott 2006a; into two subgroups according to height (small
2006b; 2009). and large). This is a simple form with nearly
straight sides and a simple, low pushed-in base.
Vessel glass from the Gnalić wreck was (Lazar and Willmott 2006a, 26, figs. 17–8.)
made of naturally coloured and intentionally
Figure 62: The number of plain goblets stored at the museum in Biograd (photo: Caroline Jackson).
Slika 62: Velika količina navadnih čaš shranjenih v muzeju v Biogradu (foto: Caroline Jackson).
renissima, joined by Slovene, Italian and Aus- coloured glass. It represents roughly 75% of the
trian Universities at the end of 2004, with the entire glass assemblage from the wreck. The ta-
main portion of the project being finished in bleware included beakers, goblets and tank-
2005 (Gnalić 2004; Guštin, Gelichi, and Spin- ards, as well as bowls, lids, tazzae and vases. The
dler 2006). The glass cargo was studied by a team group of containers is less numerous and includ-
joined by Slovene and English colleagues. From ed sprinklers, flasks, bottles and jars. A small se-
the amount and variety of the studied glass ma- lection of coloured glass was also discovered. The
terial, we may suppose that it was a very impor- style of these vessels is very un-European and
tant, if not the most important, part of the ship’s they represent even less than 0,5 % of the cargo.
cargo. We can now estimate that the amount
of the excavated objects totals in excess of 5500 We will briefly present the variety of forms
pieces, and this is by no means all the original and glass groups represented in the cargo. The
cargo, it is likely that the majority of the material first group are plain beakers. We divided them
is still underwater (Lazar and Willmott 2006a; into two subgroups according to height (small
2006b; 2009). and large). This is a simple form with nearly
straight sides and a simple, low pushed-in base.
Vessel glass from the Gnalić wreck was (Lazar and Willmott 2006a, 26, figs. 17–8.)
made of naturally coloured and intentionally
