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balsamarium with a constriction at the base expression of interest in craft which in the course
of the neck, a type which can be classified among of the 1st century spread like wildfire throughout
the Slovenian material as the 8.6.2. form. These the whole empire due to the newly discovered
occur from the middle or from the second half technique of free blowing.
of the 1st century onwards (Lazar 2003a, 176, 195).
Figure 20: Oil lamp from Croatia (Asseria, Benkovac; Figure 21: Oil lamp from Italy (Voghenza, Ferrara; roman oil la mp from slovenia depicting a glass fur nace 51
after Abramić 1959). after Baldoni 1987).
Slika 20: Oljenka iz Hrvaške (Asseria, Benkovac, Slika 21: Oljenka iz Italije (Voghenza, Ferrara;
Hrvaška; po Abramić 1959). po Baldoni 1987).
There were very few other grave goods in this At present, there is no evidence of local Ro-
grave (Novšak, Bekljanov Zidanšek, and Žerjal man glass production from the rather limit-
2019, 168–70), though we should mention some ed coastal region of present-day Slovenia (Lazar
iron fragments, amphora Dressel 2–4 remains, 2003b, 78). But not far away lies Aquileia, where–
and two coins; one from the period of Tiberius to judge by the finds–glass workshops did oper-
and was badly damaged and the other a rather ate as early as the 1st century (Stern 2004, 116,
worn bronze coin of Claudius (41–54).5 The bone note 56; Calvi 1968; Mandruzatto 2008). More-
remains of this ash grave were unfortunately too over, the town was a strong commercial cen-
scanty for analysis. Considering the composition tre and played an important role in trade links
of grave goods, this grave can be placed in the pe- between the northern Adriatic region and the
riod between 40 to 60 AD (p. 166). south-eastern Alps in the first centuries AD, in-
cluding trade in glass and glass products.
To whom can the grave be connected? Was
the deceased in some way linked with the glass- Summary
work trade (a glass-blower, perhaps a glassware In 2002 and 2003, a rescue excavation was carried out
merchant) or is the representation on the oil at Spodnje Škofije near Koper, at an archaeological site
lamp purely coincidental? Is it possible that in named Križišče (‘Crossroad’). Part of a Roman burial
the nearby villa (Školarice) a glass workshop op- ground beside the Roman road (via Flavia Tergeste–Pola)
erated as well as other branches of business? The
excavations carried out so far have not provid-
ed data which would support such a hypothesis.
Maybe the oil lamp laid in the grave was only an
5 The coins were determined by Alenka Miškec from the
Numismatic Cabinet of the National Museum of Slove-
nia, Ljubljana.
of the neck, a type which can be classified among of the 1st century spread like wildfire throughout
the Slovenian material as the 8.6.2. form. These the whole empire due to the newly discovered
occur from the middle or from the second half technique of free blowing.
of the 1st century onwards (Lazar 2003a, 176, 195).
Figure 20: Oil lamp from Croatia (Asseria, Benkovac; Figure 21: Oil lamp from Italy (Voghenza, Ferrara; roman oil la mp from slovenia depicting a glass fur nace 51
after Abramić 1959). after Baldoni 1987).
Slika 20: Oljenka iz Hrvaške (Asseria, Benkovac, Slika 21: Oljenka iz Italije (Voghenza, Ferrara;
Hrvaška; po Abramić 1959). po Baldoni 1987).
There were very few other grave goods in this At present, there is no evidence of local Ro-
grave (Novšak, Bekljanov Zidanšek, and Žerjal man glass production from the rather limit-
2019, 168–70), though we should mention some ed coastal region of present-day Slovenia (Lazar
iron fragments, amphora Dressel 2–4 remains, 2003b, 78). But not far away lies Aquileia, where–
and two coins; one from the period of Tiberius to judge by the finds–glass workshops did oper-
and was badly damaged and the other a rather ate as early as the 1st century (Stern 2004, 116,
worn bronze coin of Claudius (41–54).5 The bone note 56; Calvi 1968; Mandruzatto 2008). More-
remains of this ash grave were unfortunately too over, the town was a strong commercial cen-
scanty for analysis. Considering the composition tre and played an important role in trade links
of grave goods, this grave can be placed in the pe- between the northern Adriatic region and the
riod between 40 to 60 AD (p. 166). south-eastern Alps in the first centuries AD, in-
cluding trade in glass and glass products.
To whom can the grave be connected? Was
the deceased in some way linked with the glass- Summary
work trade (a glass-blower, perhaps a glassware In 2002 and 2003, a rescue excavation was carried out
merchant) or is the representation on the oil at Spodnje Škofije near Koper, at an archaeological site
lamp purely coincidental? Is it possible that in named Križišče (‘Crossroad’). Part of a Roman burial
the nearby villa (Školarice) a glass workshop op- ground beside the Roman road (via Flavia Tergeste–Pola)
erated as well as other branches of business? The
excavations carried out so far have not provid-
ed data which would support such a hypothesis.
Maybe the oil lamp laid in the grave was only an
5 The coins were determined by Alenka Miškec from the
Numismatic Cabinet of the National Museum of Slove-
nia, Ljubljana.
