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Glass Finds
in Slovenia and Neighbouring Areas
Steklene najdbe
iz Slovenije in njenega sosedstva
Abstract 29
In Slovenia, the first glass finds are known from the Urnfield Culture period, from the 11th century BC.
In the early Iron Age, the area witnessed an extraordinary diversification of glass products in colour and
form as well as the appearance of the first glass vessels. The Roman period brought innovations that had
developed in glass craft in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods. The glass products trade routes led
mostly through northern Italy during the first century AD. Local glass production developed on the
territory of present-day Slovenia at the latest from the beginning 2nd century.
Keywords: prehistoric glass, Novo Mesto, Roman glass, local production, Celeia, Poetovio
Izvleček
V Sloveniji poznamo najstarejše steklene izdelke iz 11. stol. pr. n. št., iz obdobja kulture žarnih grobišč. V
starejši železni dobi pride do velike raznolikosti izdelkov v okrasu in barvah, pojavijo se prve steklene po-
sode. Rimsko obdobje prinese novosti in inovacije, ki so se razvile v času helenizma in zgodnje rimskega
obdobja. Trgovske poti steklenih izdelkov so v 1. stol. do nas večinoma vodile preko severne Italije. Lo-
kalna proizvodnja stekla se je na našem območju razvila najkasneje na začetku 2. stol.
Ključne besede: prazgodovinsko steklo, Novo mesto, rimsko steklo, lokalna proizvodnja, Celeia, Poetovio
In Slovenia, the first glass finds are known form as well as the appearance of the first glass
from the Urnfield Culture period. The oldest vessels. Glass beads were usually strung on long
grave with a glass bead is a grave from Dobo- necklaces, and they are also found sewn onto
va, from the 11th century BC (Stare 1975, pl. 41: 3). clothing. The beads are round, barrel-shaped, tu-
In later graves of the Urnfield Culture, from the bular, shaped like baskets, ram heads, or birds,
9th and 8th centuries BC, glass necklaces become and several have iron loops for hanging (Križ
more common. The beads were at first very small 1997, 38 below). The colour combinations are
(diam. 0.4–0.6 cm), and white or blue in col- highly varied and the decorative motifs include
our. There are, however, several graves at the site wavy lines, dots, zigzags, eyes and applied ele-
of Mestne njive in Novo Mesto dating from the ments of differently coloured glass (Haevernick
Bronze Age–Iron Age transition that contained 1974, 61; Križ and Turk 2003, 91, no. 19, 98–9).
large blue beads with white or yellow “eyes” (Križ
1995, pl. 57: 113; Križ and Turk 2003, 89). Several decorative brooches–fibulae were
also adorned with glass. The so-called “porcu-
In the early Iron Age of the European (and pine” fibulae are particularly interesting, found
Slovenian) area witnessed an extraordinary di- at Magdalenska gora, Vače, Brezje, and Šmarje-
versification of glass decoration in colour and ta (Haevernick 1959, Taf. 1: 1–8) (figure/slika 7).
in Slovenia and Neighbouring Areas
Steklene najdbe
iz Slovenije in njenega sosedstva
Abstract 29
In Slovenia, the first glass finds are known from the Urnfield Culture period, from the 11th century BC.
In the early Iron Age, the area witnessed an extraordinary diversification of glass products in colour and
form as well as the appearance of the first glass vessels. The Roman period brought innovations that had
developed in glass craft in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods. The glass products trade routes led
mostly through northern Italy during the first century AD. Local glass production developed on the
territory of present-day Slovenia at the latest from the beginning 2nd century.
Keywords: prehistoric glass, Novo Mesto, Roman glass, local production, Celeia, Poetovio
Izvleček
V Sloveniji poznamo najstarejše steklene izdelke iz 11. stol. pr. n. št., iz obdobja kulture žarnih grobišč. V
starejši železni dobi pride do velike raznolikosti izdelkov v okrasu in barvah, pojavijo se prve steklene po-
sode. Rimsko obdobje prinese novosti in inovacije, ki so se razvile v času helenizma in zgodnje rimskega
obdobja. Trgovske poti steklenih izdelkov so v 1. stol. do nas večinoma vodile preko severne Italije. Lo-
kalna proizvodnja stekla se je na našem območju razvila najkasneje na začetku 2. stol.
Ključne besede: prazgodovinsko steklo, Novo mesto, rimsko steklo, lokalna proizvodnja, Celeia, Poetovio
In Slovenia, the first glass finds are known form as well as the appearance of the first glass
from the Urnfield Culture period. The oldest vessels. Glass beads were usually strung on long
grave with a glass bead is a grave from Dobo- necklaces, and they are also found sewn onto
va, from the 11th century BC (Stare 1975, pl. 41: 3). clothing. The beads are round, barrel-shaped, tu-
In later graves of the Urnfield Culture, from the bular, shaped like baskets, ram heads, or birds,
9th and 8th centuries BC, glass necklaces become and several have iron loops for hanging (Križ
more common. The beads were at first very small 1997, 38 below). The colour combinations are
(diam. 0.4–0.6 cm), and white or blue in col- highly varied and the decorative motifs include
our. There are, however, several graves at the site wavy lines, dots, zigzags, eyes and applied ele-
of Mestne njive in Novo Mesto dating from the ments of differently coloured glass (Haevernick
Bronze Age–Iron Age transition that contained 1974, 61; Križ and Turk 2003, 91, no. 19, 98–9).
large blue beads with white or yellow “eyes” (Križ
1995, pl. 57: 113; Križ and Turk 2003, 89). Several decorative brooches–fibulae were
also adorned with glass. The so-called “porcu-
In the early Iron Age of the European (and pine” fibulae are particularly interesting, found
Slovenian) area witnessed an extraordinary di- at Magdalenska gora, Vače, Brezje, and Šmarje-
versification of glass decoration in colour and ta (Haevernick 1959, Taf. 1: 1–8) (figure/slika 7).
