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ir placement in graves. This reflects the still All these objects came from distant produc- glass finds in slovenia and neighbour ing ar eas 43
lively pulse of the town, and perhaps the char- tion centres that specialized in particular types
acteristic conical beakers and lamps can be con- of products and often made them by order. The
nected to a powerful Christian community and presence of such finds was a reflection of the
the religious life of the city. great economic power of the town.
Poetovio’s archaeological heritage stands out Glass production in neighbouring areas is
in Slovenia since its glass material includes certain confirmed to exist in Gleisdorf (Austria), north-
exceptional objects, which were available only to ern Italy (Buora 1997, 23; 2004b, 12; Maccabruni
the wealthiest stratum due to their rarity and 2004, 33) and Croatia (Siscia; Burkowsky 1999;
high price (Lazar and Tomanič Jevremov 2000; Fadić 2004, 96, figs. 1, 2; Salona, Dalmatia; Bul-
Mikl Curk 1963). Such objects are, for example, jević 2005). The trade with raw glass, on the oth-
a bottle with a depiction of the lighthouse from er hand, is confirmed by an underwater find
Alexandria, a kantharos with decoration cut in from Mljet in Croatia (Kisić 2000, 5), where a
high relief (figure/slika 16) and vessels with col- shipwreck with a considerable amount of raw
ourless snake-thread decoration (Lazar and To- glass was discovered near the Dalmatian coast,
manič Jevremov 2000; Lazar 2003a, 62, fig. 26). thus indirectly proving the existence of local
glass production in the Adriatic area during the
Figure 16: Kantharos made of decolourised glass Roman period.
with decoration cut in high relief, Ptuj, grave 11/1982,
Regional Museum Ptuj Ormož (photo: Tomaž Lauko). The archaeological finds from Dalmatia
Slika 16: Kantaros iz dekoloriranega stekla z okrasom that testify of a glass production consist not only
v visokem relief, Ptuj, grob 11/1982, Pokrajinski muzej of excavated remains of a ‘possible’ glass furnace
Ptuj Ormož (foto: Tomaž Lauko). (Auth 1975; Cambi 1976) but also of epigraphic
evidence (Buljević 2005, 98, fig. 6). A sarcopha-
gus fragment from the necropolis at Manastirine
in Salona revealed the name of a glassmaker Pas-
chasius or Pascasius (Šašel 1986, 285, no. 2487),
while the south-eastern Salona necropolis yield-
ed a marble mould with the name of Misceni-
us Ampliatus, known since 1884 (Buljević 2005,
194, figs. 1, 2). It was long thought to be a mould
for festive bread but, as attested by Zrinka Bulje-
vić (2005, 193), it is a mould for the base of large
rectangular bottles with an image of a gladiator.
The mould bears the inscription Miscenius Am-
pliatus facit Salonas.
Several base marks from bottles and balsa-
maria give the names of glass-blowers or work-
shop owners, operating in the area. The most
widely spread name is that of Gaius Salvius Gra-
tus, known for its products in Dalmatia, Slove-
nia, Italy and further to the north (Buora 2004a,
152; Lazar 2006d). Others, for example, L. Ae-
milius Blasius and Gn. Pompeius Cassianus, are
known so far only from northern Italy and Dal-
matia (Fadić 1997, 87; Buljević 2005, 100).
lively pulse of the town, and perhaps the char- tion centres that specialized in particular types
acteristic conical beakers and lamps can be con- of products and often made them by order. The
nected to a powerful Christian community and presence of such finds was a reflection of the
the religious life of the city. great economic power of the town.
Poetovio’s archaeological heritage stands out Glass production in neighbouring areas is
in Slovenia since its glass material includes certain confirmed to exist in Gleisdorf (Austria), north-
exceptional objects, which were available only to ern Italy (Buora 1997, 23; 2004b, 12; Maccabruni
the wealthiest stratum due to their rarity and 2004, 33) and Croatia (Siscia; Burkowsky 1999;
high price (Lazar and Tomanič Jevremov 2000; Fadić 2004, 96, figs. 1, 2; Salona, Dalmatia; Bul-
Mikl Curk 1963). Such objects are, for example, jević 2005). The trade with raw glass, on the oth-
a bottle with a depiction of the lighthouse from er hand, is confirmed by an underwater find
Alexandria, a kantharos with decoration cut in from Mljet in Croatia (Kisić 2000, 5), where a
high relief (figure/slika 16) and vessels with col- shipwreck with a considerable amount of raw
ourless snake-thread decoration (Lazar and To- glass was discovered near the Dalmatian coast,
manič Jevremov 2000; Lazar 2003a, 62, fig. 26). thus indirectly proving the existence of local
glass production in the Adriatic area during the
Figure 16: Kantharos made of decolourised glass Roman period.
with decoration cut in high relief, Ptuj, grave 11/1982,
Regional Museum Ptuj Ormož (photo: Tomaž Lauko). The archaeological finds from Dalmatia
Slika 16: Kantaros iz dekoloriranega stekla z okrasom that testify of a glass production consist not only
v visokem relief, Ptuj, grob 11/1982, Pokrajinski muzej of excavated remains of a ‘possible’ glass furnace
Ptuj Ormož (foto: Tomaž Lauko). (Auth 1975; Cambi 1976) but also of epigraphic
evidence (Buljević 2005, 98, fig. 6). A sarcopha-
gus fragment from the necropolis at Manastirine
in Salona revealed the name of a glassmaker Pas-
chasius or Pascasius (Šašel 1986, 285, no. 2487),
while the south-eastern Salona necropolis yield-
ed a marble mould with the name of Misceni-
us Ampliatus, known since 1884 (Buljević 2005,
194, figs. 1, 2). It was long thought to be a mould
for festive bread but, as attested by Zrinka Bulje-
vić (2005, 193), it is a mould for the base of large
rectangular bottles with an image of a gladiator.
The mould bears the inscription Miscenius Am-
pliatus facit Salonas.
Several base marks from bottles and balsa-
maria give the names of glass-blowers or work-
shop owners, operating in the area. The most
widely spread name is that of Gaius Salvius Gra-
tus, known for its products in Dalmatia, Slove-
nia, Italy and further to the north (Buora 2004a,
152; Lazar 2006d). Others, for example, L. Ae-
milius Blasius and Gn. Pompeius Cassianus, are
known so far only from northern Italy and Dal-
matia (Fadić 1997, 87; Buljević 2005, 100).
