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porary metalware, bronze or even silverware Plates (15 vessel fragments; figure/slika 27: colour ed monochrome glass of the ear ly imper ial per iod in romula (pannonia) / 65
of the Julio-Claudian era (Grose 1989, 254). The 1–7) with constricted, straight or convex walls
distribution of these products is western since are made predominantly of translucent dark
the majority of the examples were discovered on green (various shadows of emerald green) glass
Italian and other European archaeological sites; and only two of them are made of dark blue or
that’s why this group is understood as a distinc- cobalt blue glass. Some of the plate fragments
tive product of the early Roman glass industry in have shallow grooves on the base and several of
the west and the Italian production centre is as- them have a small circle in the centre where they
sumed or more precisely the factory or a cluster were affixed to the lathe.
of workshops of Roman Italy.
Cups (17 vessel fragments) (figure/slika 28:
These glasses first appeared in the first quar- 1–6) vary in size and form; they are hemispher-
ter of the 1st century AD, perhaps ongoing to ical, with convex walls or have carinated walls.
about 60 AD (Grose 1989; 1991; 2017). Only Some of the fragments have shallow grooves on
a generation or two after its appearance the the walls or the inner side of the base, but none of
coloured fine ware obviously fell from fashion. the bases shows attachment remains on the base
The group of monochrome-coloured vessels is on the outside. They are again made predomi-
very homogeneous and Grose defined ten prin- nantly of translucent deep or emerald green glass,
cipal forms: plates, cups or bowls (hemispheri- only two fragments belong to a dark blue cup.
cal, concave and carinated), pyxis and less com-
mon large plates or trays (1989, 260, fig. 135; 1991, Five fragments of pyxides (5 individual ves-
2), but today some additional individual forms sels) (figure/slika 28: 9–10) in the group of trans-
can be added. In Romula the finds of this group lucent coloured ware are made of deep green
of glass are surprisingly numerous and forms do glass. Their diameter and height vary, from 5.6 to
not appear only as the individual finds but in 11 cm in diameter and from 4 to 4.5 cm in their
numbers. We have recognized eight of ten prin- height. Some examples have a distinct circle on
cipal forms: cups and plates in various forms and the base, where the vessel was attached to the
pyxis with subtypes (figures/sliki 27, 28) and we lathe.
would single out the main characteristics of the
assemblage. The presented group of glass has some indi-
vidual comparisons on Slovenian sites from Em-
Monochrome translucent coloured fine ware ona (insula 32; Plesničar-Gec 1983, pl. 23: 12, 16,
For the group of translucent monochrome fine 19, 22, 25), Celeia and Poetovio (unpublished) but
ware, the colours of translucent emerald green, so far nowhere have these glasses appeared in
cobalt and dark blue, and peacock blue are very such quantity as in Romula. It is also significant
distinctive. Emerald green and peacock blue are that in Romula these are all settlement finds and
the colours developed by the Roman glass indus- those vessels were not used or added as grave
try and used almost exclusively for this class of goods, although graves from the mid-1st century
glass vessels. Among the Romula material, em- and on were excavated on the western necropolis
erald green glass is predominant for all forms of of the site and some of them include high-quali-
fine wares. The green glasses from Ribnica were ty mould-blown glass and amber objects.
analysed by Caroline Jackson and more about
the glass colouring and analyses of the green The comparisons to the material from
glasses can be read in the published works (Jack- well-dated sites or strata are known from Mag-
son, Lazar, and Cottam 2015; Cottam and Jack- dalensberg (Czurda-Ruth 1979, 65–91), where all
son 2018, 93). fragments presumably date before 45 AD, when
the site was abandoned, with few examples at-
tributed to late Augustan levels (1979, 70–1). In
Vindonissa dated examples are concentrated in
Tiberian and early Claudian contexts, some con-
of the Julio-Claudian era (Grose 1989, 254). The 1–7) with constricted, straight or convex walls
distribution of these products is western since are made predominantly of translucent dark
the majority of the examples were discovered on green (various shadows of emerald green) glass
Italian and other European archaeological sites; and only two of them are made of dark blue or
that’s why this group is understood as a distinc- cobalt blue glass. Some of the plate fragments
tive product of the early Roman glass industry in have shallow grooves on the base and several of
the west and the Italian production centre is as- them have a small circle in the centre where they
sumed or more precisely the factory or a cluster were affixed to the lathe.
of workshops of Roman Italy.
Cups (17 vessel fragments) (figure/slika 28:
These glasses first appeared in the first quar- 1–6) vary in size and form; they are hemispher-
ter of the 1st century AD, perhaps ongoing to ical, with convex walls or have carinated walls.
about 60 AD (Grose 1989; 1991; 2017). Only Some of the fragments have shallow grooves on
a generation or two after its appearance the the walls or the inner side of the base, but none of
coloured fine ware obviously fell from fashion. the bases shows attachment remains on the base
The group of monochrome-coloured vessels is on the outside. They are again made predomi-
very homogeneous and Grose defined ten prin- nantly of translucent deep or emerald green glass,
cipal forms: plates, cups or bowls (hemispheri- only two fragments belong to a dark blue cup.
cal, concave and carinated), pyxis and less com-
mon large plates or trays (1989, 260, fig. 135; 1991, Five fragments of pyxides (5 individual ves-
2), but today some additional individual forms sels) (figure/slika 28: 9–10) in the group of trans-
can be added. In Romula the finds of this group lucent coloured ware are made of deep green
of glass are surprisingly numerous and forms do glass. Their diameter and height vary, from 5.6 to
not appear only as the individual finds but in 11 cm in diameter and from 4 to 4.5 cm in their
numbers. We have recognized eight of ten prin- height. Some examples have a distinct circle on
cipal forms: cups and plates in various forms and the base, where the vessel was attached to the
pyxis with subtypes (figures/sliki 27, 28) and we lathe.
would single out the main characteristics of the
assemblage. The presented group of glass has some indi-
vidual comparisons on Slovenian sites from Em-
Monochrome translucent coloured fine ware ona (insula 32; Plesničar-Gec 1983, pl. 23: 12, 16,
For the group of translucent monochrome fine 19, 22, 25), Celeia and Poetovio (unpublished) but
ware, the colours of translucent emerald green, so far nowhere have these glasses appeared in
cobalt and dark blue, and peacock blue are very such quantity as in Romula. It is also significant
distinctive. Emerald green and peacock blue are that in Romula these are all settlement finds and
the colours developed by the Roman glass indus- those vessels were not used or added as grave
try and used almost exclusively for this class of goods, although graves from the mid-1st century
glass vessels. Among the Romula material, em- and on were excavated on the western necropolis
erald green glass is predominant for all forms of of the site and some of them include high-quali-
fine wares. The green glasses from Ribnica were ty mould-blown glass and amber objects.
analysed by Caroline Jackson and more about
the glass colouring and analyses of the green The comparisons to the material from
glasses can be read in the published works (Jack- well-dated sites or strata are known from Mag-
son, Lazar, and Cottam 2015; Cottam and Jack- dalensberg (Czurda-Ruth 1979, 65–91), where all
son 2018, 93). fragments presumably date before 45 AD, when
the site was abandoned, with few examples at-
tributed to late Augustan levels (1979, 70–1). In
Vindonissa dated examples are concentrated in
Tiberian and early Claudian contexts, some con-
