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ure 26: The excavated area of Romula (elaborated by Aleš Ogorelec, after Lazar 2020a). colour ed monochrome glass of the ear ly imper ial per iod in romula (pannonia) / 63
Slika 26: Raziskano območje najdišča Romula (pripravil Aleš Ogorelec, po Lazar 2020a).
New excavations uncovered the exten- When publishing the impressive collection
sive settlement and necropolis area. The struc- of early ancient glass from the Toledo Muse-
tures date from the late 1st century BC to the 4th um of Art, Grose defined six families of mould-
AD. The heart of the settlement was located on made vessels within the group of Early Roman
a terrace of the river Sava and archaeologists re- Glass (1989, 244–61). Monochrome translucent
searched official and production buildings, sev- coloured fine ware and monochrome opaque
eral segments of the Roman road and the western coloured fine ware were defined as family III–
and eastern necropolis (Lazar 2020a) (figure/sli- Roman cast monochrome vessels (Grose 1989,
ka 26). It is, therefore, not surprising that the site 254). Due to the angular and carinated ceram-
yielded rich and variegated glass material from ic-like profiles, the group was also known as the
the settlement and necropolis, confirming thus so-called glass with ceramic profiles, as it was de-
the lively trade connections and routes leading fined by Berger (1960, 24–30) in his study of the
through the station. glass from Vindonissa.
The largest group of materials we are now This group of fine wares is characterized by
working on is the early imperial mould-made angular lathe-turned forms, strong colours and
glass. We are talking about two distinctive very high standards of craftsmanship. The group
groups of fine wares in early Imperial contexts has no stylistic ties with the production of glass
(Grose 1991, 2). Group one consists of colour- in the late Hellenistic period. It was observed,
ed fine wares, made by mould-pressing and the that several of the colours, like emerald green,
Group two of colourless fine wares, made by are the inventions of the newly established Ro-
casting or mould-pressing (Lierke 2009). man Glass industry (Grose 1991, 2). The angular
and carinated forms reveal the influence of con-
Slika 26: Raziskano območje najdišča Romula (pripravil Aleš Ogorelec, po Lazar 2020a).
New excavations uncovered the exten- When publishing the impressive collection
sive settlement and necropolis area. The struc- of early ancient glass from the Toledo Muse-
tures date from the late 1st century BC to the 4th um of Art, Grose defined six families of mould-
AD. The heart of the settlement was located on made vessels within the group of Early Roman
a terrace of the river Sava and archaeologists re- Glass (1989, 244–61). Monochrome translucent
searched official and production buildings, sev- coloured fine ware and monochrome opaque
eral segments of the Roman road and the western coloured fine ware were defined as family III–
and eastern necropolis (Lazar 2020a) (figure/sli- Roman cast monochrome vessels (Grose 1989,
ka 26). It is, therefore, not surprising that the site 254). Due to the angular and carinated ceram-
yielded rich and variegated glass material from ic-like profiles, the group was also known as the
the settlement and necropolis, confirming thus so-called glass with ceramic profiles, as it was de-
the lively trade connections and routes leading fined by Berger (1960, 24–30) in his study of the
through the station. glass from Vindonissa.
The largest group of materials we are now This group of fine wares is characterized by
working on is the early imperial mould-made angular lathe-turned forms, strong colours and
glass. We are talking about two distinctive very high standards of craftsmanship. The group
groups of fine wares in early Imperial contexts has no stylistic ties with the production of glass
(Grose 1991, 2). Group one consists of colour- in the late Hellenistic period. It was observed,
ed fine wares, made by mould-pressing and the that several of the colours, like emerald green,
Group two of colourless fine wares, made by are the inventions of the newly established Ro-
casting or mould-pressing (Lierke 2009). man Glass industry (Grose 1991, 2). The angular
and carinated forms reveal the influence of con-
