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ena lazar ■ pogled skozi steklo • a look through the glass 68 Figure 29: Fragments of mould-made glass vessels and jewellery made of black glass, Romula (photo: Aleš Ogorelec).
Slika 29: Odlomki v kalupu izdelnih posod in nakita iz črnega stekla, Romula (foto: Aleš Ogorelec).

duction of the black-appearing glass vessels in appearing glass vessels from the 1st century into
the 1st century AD reflects the popularity of the several groups and forms; further on Cosyns de-
coloured mould-made fine wares produced in fined 14 principal forms with subgroups for the
the period of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (Grose mould-made glass (2011, 48, fig. 33), and 19 forms
1991, 3; Cosyns and Fontaine 2009, 83). for the free blown vessels (2011, 52, fig. 34). It is
possible that this group will develop with new
Among the forms, we have recorded plates, finds and publications. Within the glass material
bowls and pyxides (see figures/sliki 27 and 28). from Slovenia, we can already define new types
Plates are presented in various types, they have of the so far defined individual forms.
straight or convex walls, and slightly profiled
rims and their base is often decorated with shal- Conclusion remarks
low grooves of concentric circles on the inner The presented group of glass has some individ-
side (figure/slika 27: 1–5). The bowls have out- ual comparisons on Slovenian sites from Emo-
turned walls and slightly profiled or out-turned na (insula 32) (Plesničar-Gec 1983, pl. 23), Celeia
rims (figure/slika 28: 6, 7). The group of pyxides and Poetovio, but so far nowhere have these glass-
or vessels with cylindrical walls are represented es appeared in such quantity as in Romula. It is
by several individual products that vary mostly also significant that these are all settlement finds
in size. Their diameter measures from 5 to 10 cm and those vessels were not used or added as grave
and the outside of their base is often decorated goods, although graves from the mid-1st century
with shallow grooves of concentric circles (fig- and on were excavated on the western necropolis
ure/slika 28: 8–10). of the site and some of them include high-quali-
ty mould-blown glass and amber objects.
Cosyns and Fontaine (2009, 80, tabs. 1, 2)
have divided the forms of the mould-made black
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