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ena lazar ■ pogled skozi steklo • a look through the glass 48 Figure 17: Map of the northern Adriatic with the sites mentioned in the text (elaborated by Andrej Preložnik).
Slika 17: Karta severnega Jadrana z najdišči obravnavanimi v besedilu (pripravil Andrej Preložnik).
period from the 1st to the 5th century. The ground- The new oil lamp, of grey burnt clay, is 11.3
plan arrangement could not be observed, but the cm long, 8.1 cm wide and 2.6 cm high. It belongs
majority of the graves were of the cremation type. to the group of so-called relief oil lamps of the
The predominant form was the so-called bustum Loeschke type IV, with a rounded nozzle and vo-
type of burial – the cremation of the deceased was lutes on either side (figure/slika 19). The disk is
made directly above the burial pit. decorated with a relief showing a glass furnace
and to the left and right of it a glass worker, one of
Judging by the quality of the grave goods, whom is engaged in blowing (a glass vessel) while
some socially well-situated individuals were bur- the other assists at the furnace. The representation
ied here. The position of the northern grave plot is excellent and the oil lamp itself is very well pre-
beside the road turning off towards the villa indi- served so that many details which are blurred in
cates that it was possibly the property of the own- the other two lamps can be seen clearly 6.1 In the
er of the villa in the earlier phase (1st century). One centre is the furnace, divided into two sections.
of the cremation graves in the above-mentioned The lower one obviously serves as a stoke hole (or
grave plot (grave no. 3) is particularly interesting. stoking compartment); the opening is hatched di-
The grave goods included an excellently preserved agonally. The upper section of the furnace has a
clay oil lamp (figure/slika 18) with a representa- larger aperture, of semi-circular form. This was
tion of a glass furnace and glass workers beside it used for scooping molten glass out of the melting
(Lazar 2004b, 28, fig. 15, cat. no. 25; 2005a, 17–9. pot and served as the glassblower’s working port.
The motif is the same as that on the only two oth- Inside the relief line surrounding the upper open-
er oil lamps depicting a glass furnace known so ing or door appears a V-shaped object turned up-
far – from Asseria (modern Podgrađe near Benk- side down. Probably we should not interpret this
ovac, in Croatia) and the vicinity of Ferrara in It-
aly (Abramić 1959, 149–51; Baldoni 1987, 22–9). 1 For discussion and remarks about the relief on the lamp
I’m indebted to Dr. Marianne E. Stern.
Slika 17: Karta severnega Jadrana z najdišči obravnavanimi v besedilu (pripravil Andrej Preložnik).
period from the 1st to the 5th century. The ground- The new oil lamp, of grey burnt clay, is 11.3
plan arrangement could not be observed, but the cm long, 8.1 cm wide and 2.6 cm high. It belongs
majority of the graves were of the cremation type. to the group of so-called relief oil lamps of the
The predominant form was the so-called bustum Loeschke type IV, with a rounded nozzle and vo-
type of burial – the cremation of the deceased was lutes on either side (figure/slika 19). The disk is
made directly above the burial pit. decorated with a relief showing a glass furnace
and to the left and right of it a glass worker, one of
Judging by the quality of the grave goods, whom is engaged in blowing (a glass vessel) while
some socially well-situated individuals were bur- the other assists at the furnace. The representation
ied here. The position of the northern grave plot is excellent and the oil lamp itself is very well pre-
beside the road turning off towards the villa indi- served so that many details which are blurred in
cates that it was possibly the property of the own- the other two lamps can be seen clearly 6.1 In the
er of the villa in the earlier phase (1st century). One centre is the furnace, divided into two sections.
of the cremation graves in the above-mentioned The lower one obviously serves as a stoke hole (or
grave plot (grave no. 3) is particularly interesting. stoking compartment); the opening is hatched di-
The grave goods included an excellently preserved agonally. The upper section of the furnace has a
clay oil lamp (figure/slika 18) with a representa- larger aperture, of semi-circular form. This was
tion of a glass furnace and glass workers beside it used for scooping molten glass out of the melting
(Lazar 2004b, 28, fig. 15, cat. no. 25; 2005a, 17–9. pot and served as the glassblower’s working port.
The motif is the same as that on the only two oth- Inside the relief line surrounding the upper open-
er oil lamps depicting a glass furnace known so ing or door appears a V-shaped object turned up-
far – from Asseria (modern Podgrađe near Benk- side down. Probably we should not interpret this
ovac, in Croatia) and the vicinity of Ferrara in It-
aly (Abramić 1959, 149–51; Baldoni 1987, 22–9). 1 For discussion and remarks about the relief on the lamp
I’m indebted to Dr. Marianne E. Stern.
