At the fortified hilltop settlement of Tonovcov grad near Kobarid in western Slovenia, window glass was found in the layers of use and destruction of a late antique house and church complex. Two ...natural colour types (yellowish and green) are represented. The glass shows the usual characteristics of the cylinder-blowing process; some of the panes were shaped by grozing. The most interesting discovery was a large number of carefully cut and grozed geometrical shapes (triangles and parallelograms), which must have formed one or more windows in the nave of the main church at Tonovcov grad. They represent a predecessor of stained (painted) glass windows. A brief review of a selection of contemporary sites shows that glazed windows were not a rare occurrence in the Late Antique south-eastern Alpine settlements but that they appeared in probably all the churches and in most houses.
Analizirali smo vzorce steklenih posod in okenskega stekla s poznoantične utrdbe Korinjski hrib pri Velikem Korinju. Steklene najdbe s tega najdišča, datiranega v 6. st., kažejo značilen, vendar ...omejen spekter posod, predvsem kozarce brez noge, kozarce na nogi in okensko steklo. Rezultati arheometričnih analiz so pokazali nepričakovane sredozemske sestave steklenih mas, ki nakazujejo, da je bilo najdišče lahko vpeto v bizantinsko trgovsko mrežo ali sistem vojaške oskrbe.
Archaeometric analyses were performed on glass vessels, beads and window glass from the late antique fortified hilltop settlement of Tonovcov grad near Kobarid in western Slovenia. Most of the ...analysed material belongs to the late Roman (4th–early 5th c. AD) and late antique (late 5th–early 7th c. AD) settlement phases of the settlement. The results showed that the majority of the 43 analysed samples were made of the Levantine I glass mass of Syro-Palestinian origin while a few were made using raw glass of different provenance. Despite the generally very autarkic character of late antique hilltop settlements, the results of the glass analyses indicate that at least, in some ways, they were well integrated into the Mediterranean trade routes.
The elusive early medieval glass Milavec, Tina
Prilozi Instituta za arheologiju u Zagrebu,
12/2018, Volume:
35, Issue:
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Journal Article, Paper
Peer reviewed
Open access
In graves 322 and 310 of the early medieval Nin – Ždrijac cemetery three
glass vessels, two stemmed goblets and one bottle were found. They have
been interpreted as remains of Late Antique glass ...production, but a closer look brings further information. The best comparisons for the goblets come from the North Adriatic area while the bottle is most probably of early Islamic production. Interesting possibilities of interpretation arise with the graves being furnished with glass products
of such different origin at a time when local secondary glass production seems to have been absent.
V grobovih 322 in 310 na zgodnjesrednjeveškem grobišču Nin – Ždrijac so bile najdene tri steklene posode, dva kozarca na visoki nogi in ena steklenica. Bile so interpretirane kot ostanek poznoantične proizvodnje,
a natančnejši pogled prinaša nove podatke. Najboljše primerjave za kozarca na nogi prihajajo iz severnojadranskega prostora, steklenica pa je najverjetneje zgodnjeislamske proizvodnje. Oprema grobov s predmeti tako različnega izvora prinaša zanimive možnosti interpretacije v času, ko lokalna sekundarna proizvodnja steklenega posodja ni delovala.
The monograph presents the results of two-year excavations (1982 and 1983) on the late-antique fortified hilltop settlement Korinjski hrib above Veliki Korini in Suha Krajina, where the remains of ...five defence towers and an early Christian church were explored. The settlement was initially recognized as a military post and as such represented an exception in the Eastern Alpine area. Such a definition raised some doubts and dilemmas. These dilemmas are presented - in addition to geographical outline and research history - in the Introduction.The following set presents - in text and with abundant graphic material – field reports of excavations of towers, the church, and a small cemetery.All groups of finds (non-pottery, pottery and coins) and anthropological and archaeological studies are also presented.An extensive chapter is devoted to the interpretation of architectural remains (towers, church, the fort as a whole).The conclusion also discusses the prehistoric settlement, and the results of structural survey of the ruins of church of St George just below the fort.
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