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- Title
Zbirka ulomaka rimskog stakla iz Mogorjela.
- Authors
Busuladžić, Adnan
- Abstract
One of the important archaeological sites from Bosnia and Herzegovina is Mogorjelo, which is unique among the other facilities from that period. Facility at Mogorjelo can be included to the sites with relatively clear chronological continuity. The number of the researchers that have researched this site is quite impressive, but no one fully elaborated and presented complete richness of the archaeological material discovered at the site of Mogorjelo. National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina is keeping about 110 glass fragments from the site of Mogorjelo. Analysis of deposited fragments could define a number of different types of glass vessels. In this collection is specially accented the quite preserved balsamarium which was used for the sacral purposes. Prevailing scientific opinion in dating this object in the period from 1st to 3rd century AD, place this example in the context of rustic villa at Mogorjelo. Glass amphora vessels or lamps from Mogorjelo can be positioned into sacral context. Excavated early Christian churches and other discovered material confirm intensive Christian life at this site in late antique period. Fragments of glass cups on foot - chalice that were used for the rituals can also be attributed to the same Early Christian background and sacral context. Bottles that were used for the profane purpose in everyday usage are confirmed by the found samples. These objects were used in the household in the period from 1st to 3rd century. By this fact they are defined as objects that were used in the first construction phase of site, when smaller rustic villa existed. Everyday use of house inventory is confirmed by the examples of glasses - mugs with funnel rim that were used for the consummation of different liquids. In this regard these examples are dated from 3rd to 5th century, and they correspond to the second construction phase of Mogorjelo when bigger building - a fortified villa was built. Fragments of window glass prove that numerous windows on late antique buildings as well as the rustic villas were equipped by glass surfaces. Unfortunately, great number of presented fragments and level of their preservation do not allow precise determination or typological definition. For some of them it could be conditionally said that they represent dispersive bottoms or rims of glass vessels. Recorded fragments with ornamented details confirm certain affections for the aesthetic function of glass ware. Some decorative elements are asserted on six fragments out of 110 preserved ones. Those fragments prove that site of Mogorjelo was completely incorporated in social, trade, production and cultural processes of the Roman Province of Dalmatia, which is partly confirmed by the glass finds from the same archaeological site.
- Subjects
BOSNIA &; Herzegovina; ROMAN glassware; ARCHAEOLOGICAL museums &; collections; NATIONAL museums; ROMAN lamps; ANTIQUES
- Publication
Godisnjak / Yearbook, 2011, Vol 40, p179
- ISSN
0350-0020
- Publication type
Article