ANNALES
Piran 2012
du 19e CONGRÈS
de l'ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE
pour l'HISTOIRE du VERRE
ANNALES
du 19e CONGRÈS de l'ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE
pour l'HISTOIRE du VERRE
Piran 2012
Editor
Irena LAZAR
Editorial Committee
Anastassios Antonaras
Zrinka Buljević
Anne DePury Gysel
Sylvia Fünfschilling
Despina Ignatiadou
Caroline M. Jackson
Teresa Medici
Luciana Mandruzzato
Marie-Dominique Nenna
Paloma Pastor
Marianne E. Stern
KOPER 2015
ANNALES
du 19e CONGRÈS de l'ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE
pour l'HISTOIRE du VERRE
(Piran, 17th – 21st September 2012)
Edited by / Uredila:
Irena Lazar
Editorial Committee / Uredniški odbor zbornika: Anastassios Antonaras, Zrinka Buljević,
Anne DePury Gysel, Sylvia Fünfschilling, Despina Ignatiadou, Caroline M. Jackson, Teresa
Medici, Luciana Mandruzzato, Marie-Dominique Nenna, Paloma Pastor, Marianne Stern
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Zrinka Mileusnić, Gregor Pobežin, Katarina Šmid,
Alenka Tomaž
Sophie Burton Pogledich (English),
Ana Zwitter Vitez (French)
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AIHV
Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre
International Association for the History of Glass
http://www.aihv.org
Secretariat: Museum of Byzantine Culture,
54640 Thessaloniki, Greece
© AIHV and authors
ISBN: 978-90-72290-05-2
Cover photo: Glass beads from prehistoric graves in Novo Mesto – Kapiteljska njiva;
Dolenjski muzej Novo mesto, Slovenia (see Križ, Guštin in this volume, p. 48).
CONTENTS
PREFACE – Sylvia Fünfschilling
AVANT-PROPOS – Sylvia Fünfschilling
VORWORT – Sylvia Fünfschilling
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2nd – 1st millennium BCE / Bronze Age / Iron Age Glass
BELLINTANI Paolo
BRONZE AGE VITREOUS MATERIALS IN ITALY
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NICHOLSON Paul T., JACKSON Caroline M.
AN 18TH DYNASTY GLASS CHALICE FROM GUROB, EGYPT
22
NENNA Marie-Dominique
LE MOBILIER RELIGIEUX EN BOIS INCRUSTÉ DE VERRE DES TEMPLES
ÉGYPTIENS: NOUVELLES DONNÉES (VIIE AV. J.-C. – IER SIÈCLE APR. J.-C.)
30
BLEČIĆ KAVUR Martina, KAVUR Boris
THE GAME OF GLASS BEADS IN THE ATTIRE OF THE CULTURES OF
CAPUT ADRIAE AND ITS HINTERLAND
39
KRIŽ Borut, GUŠTIN Mitja
PREHISTORIC GLASS FROM NOVO MESTO / SLOVENIA
48
ARLETTI Rossella, BELLESIA Sonia, NENNA Marie-Dominique
CORE-FORMED GLASS CONTAINERS FOUND ON RHODES
(END OF THE 6th – 5th CENTURY BC). CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
55
Hellenistic Glass
READE Wendy J., JONES Janet, PRIVAT Karen
MEDITERRANEAN GROUPS I AND II CORE-FORMED VESSELS
FROM THE FIRST MILLENNIUM BC GORDION. COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSES
65
STAMPOLIDIS Nikolaos
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A “HOMERIC” GLASS OBJECT FROM THE NECROPOLIS OF ELEUTHERNA, CRETE
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IGNATIADOU Despina
EARLY GLASS IN METHONE
81
ARVEILLER DULONG Véronique
UNE COUPE HELLÉNISTIQUE AU LOUVRE. UNE DECOUVERTE
89
Roman Glass
ANTONARAS Anastassios, KERAMARIS Anastassios
EVIDENCE ON THE SEALING OF GLASS GLOBES (ISINGS FORM 10)
A SHORT NOTE
94
GANIO Monica, BOYEN Sara, BREMS Dieter, GIANNINI Rita,
SHORTLAND Andrew, VANHAECKE Franck, DEGRYSE Patrick,
'TRUE' ROMAN GLASS. EVIDENCE FOR PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN ITALY
98
JACKSON Caroline M., COTTAM Sally, LAZAR Irena
THE GREEN, GREEN GLASS OF ROME
109
FONTAINE HODIAMONT Chantal
DANS L'ESPACE ET LE TEMPS, DIFFUSION D'UN PETIT DAMIER ANTIQUE
EN VERRE MOSAÏQUÉ
118
PAYNTER Sarah, KEARNS Thérèse, COOL Hilary
HOW GLASS WAS COLOURED IN THE ROMAN WORLD, BASED ON THE GLASS
CAKES AND TESSERAE FROM ESSEX, ENGLAND
127
BARBERA Maria
ROMAN GLASS FROM THE AREA OF NORA (CAGLIARI, SARDINIA)
134
COTTAM Sally
GLASS FROM AN EARLY 2ND CENTURY AD WELL DEPOSIT AT BARZAN,
SOUTH WEST FRANCE
144
LIERKE Rosemarie
MANUFACTURING MARKS AND THE PERSUASIVE POWER OF REPLICAS
151
ŠTEFANAC Berislav
MANUFACTURERS’ MARKS ON THE UNGUENT BOTTLES FROM THE ROMAN
PROVINCE OF DALMATIA
159
BULJEVIĆ Zrinka
THE SMALL GLASS BOAT FROM SALONA
167
DA CRUZ Mário, SÁNCHEZ DE PRADO Maria Dolores
GLASS WORKING SITES IN HISPANIA: WHAT WE KNOW
178
DÉVAI Kata
THE SECONDARY GLASS WORKSHOP IN THE CIVIL TOWN OF BRIGETIO
188
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DEMIERRE PRIKHODKINE Brigitte
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LE VERRE DÉCOUVERT DANS LES THERMES ROMAINS D'ERÉTRIE (EUBÉE, GRÈCE)
ISRAELI Yael, KATSNELSON Natalya
A FOREIGN FAMILY'S TOMB? RECONSIDERING THE GLASS FINDS
FROM GEVA–ABU SHUSHA
207
STERN E. Marianne
SENTIA SECUNDA AND SARAPODORA
215
AGOSTINO Angelo, BARELLO Federico, PANERO Elisa
PRECIOUS GLASS FROM PIEDMONT: THE CASE OF THE PYXIS
OF FORUM VIBII – CABURRUM
222
FUJII Yasuko
A STUDY ON THE ROMAN ENGRAVED GLASS BOWL WITH A DIONYSIAC
MOTIF IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURE CENTER IN JAPAN
228
ROFFIA Elisabetta
VASES GRAVÉS À DÉCOR GÉOMETRIQUE À BRIXIA (ITALIE)
234
SILVANO Flora
GLASS PRODUCTION IN ANTINOOPOLIS, EGYPT
244
KAISARLIS George, PAPAGEORGIOU Metaxia, PROVATIDIS Christopher
DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A ROMAN BIRD-SHAPED GLASS VESSEL
FROM PATRAS IN 3D CAD ENVIRONMENT
250
UBOLDI Marina
GLASS VESSELS AND OBJECTS FROM RECENT EXCAVATIONS IN MILAN.
THE ROMAN BURIAL GROUND IN VIA MADRE CABRINI
257
VOMER GOJKOVIČ Mojca
GLASS FINDS FROM POETOVIO GRAVE AT LJUDSKI VRT
264
Late Roman Glass
SIMON Laure
VERRES DU BAS-EMPIRE À VANNES (MORBIHAN, FRANCE) :
LES DÉCOUVERTES DU IVE SIÈCLE DU SITE DE LA PLACE DES LICES
271
MILAVEC Tina
LATE ANTIQUE GLASS IN SLOVENIA
277
LELJAK Mia
GLASS VESSELS FROM THE LATE ROMAN CEMETERY AT ŠTRBINCI (CROATIA)
286
ANTONARAS Anastassios, CHRYSOSTOMOU Anastasia
A SECONDARY GLASS WORKSHOP IN ANCIENT EDESSA
293
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ERTEN Emel, GENÇLER GURAY Çiğdem
GLASS FINDS FROM VILLA-A IN ZEUGMA,
GAZIANTEP – TURKEY
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DIANI Maria Grazia, INVERNIZZI Rosanina
SÉPULTURE À INHUMATION AVEC DÉPOSITION DE VERRES DE LAUMELLUM
DE L'ANTIQUITÉ TARDIVE (PAVIE – ITALIE DU NORD). FOUILLES 2008
314
PEROVIĆ Šime
PRESENT STATE OF RESEARCH OF THE LATE ROMAN GLASS FINDS
IN DALMATIA
320
UBOLDI Marina
GLASS IN MILAN FROM ROMAN TIMES TO LATE ANTIQUITY
329
Byzantine Glass
KRIŽANAC Milica
5TH˗6TH CENTURY GLASS IN SERBIA AND TERRITORY OF KOSOVO
337
CANAV-ÖZGÜMÜŞ Üzlifat, KANYAK Serra
RECENT GLASS FINDS FROM PANTOCRATOR CHURCH IN ISTANBUL
350
STRATIS A. John, NAZLIS Ioannis A.
A STUDY OF PROTO-BYZANTINE GLASS FRAGMENTS FROM PHILIPPI,
NORTHERN GREECE, USING ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY
357
BELGIOVINE Elena
THE GLASS OF TERME MILANO AT GORTYNA (CRETE)
361
CINGOLANI Soia, PERNA Roberto
LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE GLASS FROM HADRIANOPOLIS
(SOUTHERN ALBANIA)
368
Post Roman Glass
MEEK Andrew, MARZINZIK Sonja
THE DISCOVERY OF COBALT COLOURANT RAW MATERIALS AS INCLUSIONS
WITHIN ANGLO-SAXON GLASS BEADS
376
Medieval Glass
LOUIS Aurore
LES RÉCIPIENTS EN VERRE DES INHUMATIONS DE L'ANTIQUITÉ TARDIVE
ET DU HAUT MOYEN AGE EN PICARDIE (FRANCE)
381
STAŠŠÍKOVÁ-ŠTUKOVSKÁ Danica, PLŠKO Alfonz
389
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FINDINGS OF SEGMENTED BEADS IN SKELETON
GRAVES FROM THE REGION OF MIDDLE DANUBE DATED TO 7TH–11TH CENTURIES
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SEDLÁČKOVÁ Hedvika, KOÓŠOVÁ Petra, LESÁK Branislav
MEDIEVAL GLASS IN BRATISLAVA (ca 1200–1550)
400
VALIULINA Svetlana
EARLY ISLAMIC GLASS OF THE VOLGA REGION IN BULGARIA
411
SILVESTRI Alberta, FIORETTI Anna Maria, MAURINA Barbara, ZANDONAI Fabiana
GLASS FROM LOPPIO (TRENTO, NORTHERN ITALY):
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOMETRIC STUDY
420
Islamic Glass
FOY Danièle
VERRES ISLAMIQUES DE LA CITADELLE DE DAMAS (IXE-XIIIE S.). UN APERÇU
429
GOMES Rosa Varela
ISLAMIC GLASS FROM SILVES’ CASTLE (PORTUGAL)
438
LAVYSH Krystsina
NEW FINDS OF ORIENTAL GLASS IN THE TERRITORY OF BELARUS
446
SHINDO Yoko
ISLAMIC GLASS WITH IMPRESSED DECORATION:
THE PROBLEMS OF DATING AND PRODUCTION
455
Venetian / Façon de Venise Glass
VERITÀ Marco, ZECCHIN Sandro
THE TECHNOLOGY OF BLUE VENETIAN GLASS: FROM ITS ORIGINS
TO THE 17TH CENTURY. HISTORICAL SOURCES AND CHEMICAL ANALYSES
462
MORETTI Cesare (†), GRATUZE Bernard, HREGLICH Sandro
LE VERRE AVENTURINE: SON HISTOIRE, LES RECETTES, LES ANALYSES,
SA FABRICATION
471
MEDICI Teresa, RADIĆ ROSSI Irena
GLASS FINDS FROM THE SHIPWRECK OF CAPE RATAC
(ISLAND OF KOLOČEP, CROATIA)
479
TOPIĆ Nikolina
OCULI (CROWN GLASS) FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS
IN THE DUBROVNIK REGION
490
FINN Claire
DRINKING GLASSES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY
IN THE 17TH-CENTURY DUTCH REPUBLIC
498
STOLYAROVA Ekaterina
GLASS BEADS FROM THE BARROW GRAVE IN THE GREATER
MOSCOW AREA DATED FROM 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY
505
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LIKHTER Julia A., VEXLER Alexander G., SUDAREV Nikolay I.
TRACES OF GLASS BEAD PRODUCTION IN 18TH CENTURY MOSCOW
512
GRATUZE Bernard
LES PREMIERS VERRES «CRISTAL AU PLOMB» PRODUITS EN FRANCE PAR
BERNARD PERROT: CONTEMPORAINS DE CEUX DE RAVENSCROFT?
519
MARTINHO Bruno A., VILARIGUES Márcia
THE GLASS COLLECTION OF KING FERDINAND II OF PORTUGAL –
ASSEMBLING THE PUZZLE
526
RATAJ Jože
THE GLASS INDUSTRY IN THE REGIONS OF CELJE AND KOZJANSKO
FROM THE MID-17TH CENTURY TO PRESENT DAY
534
VAN GIFFEN N. Astrid R., KNOTHE Florian
CHINESE PICTORIAL SCREENS. AN INVESTIGATION OF 19TH CENTURY
GLASS CANE PANELS
541
Modern Glass
BARDIN Christophe
LE CIRVA UN OUTIL DE RECHERCHE ET D'EXPÉRIMENTATION
AU SERVICE DE L'ART CONTEMPORAIN
548
STRATIS John A., MAKARONA Christina G.,
CHARALAMPOUS Eleftherios N., KALOGIOURI Natasa P.
GLASS, A MATERIAL INDICATOR OF HUMAN ADVENTURE: A HOLISTIC VIEW
554
MAVROMICHALI Katerina
THE HISTORY OF GLASS IN THE CZECH LANDS AND CONTEMPORARY
DYNAMICS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
562
INDEX OF AUTHORS
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Sylvia FÜNFSCHILLING
PREFACE
Croatia the Archaeological Museum Zagreb
and the Museum of Applied Arts and Crafts in
Zagreb, the Archaeological Museum of Split,
the Zavicajni Museum in Biograd, the Museum
of Ancient Glass in Zadar and the National
Archaeological Museum of Aquileia in Italy. We
are also grateful to all sponsors and beneiciaries
who supported the success of the congress both
inancially and with their expertise.
Seventy-eight papers were given in two
parallel sessions, complemented by seventy-four
posters. It was extremely interesting to discover
the diversity of the excavations and the material
of our colleagues on the Balkan Peninsula, made
easily accessible due to the translations into
English. The publications about materials from
the Balkans are far too poorly known amongst
the neighbouring countries in Europe and
even less so on other continents due to various
reasons, such as language, availability etc. It
was therefore a particular pleasure to have the
rich results of recent research projects “served
on a plate”. Of course, the other regions brought
new aspects in antique, Islamic and medieval/
modern glass as well.
Every third year our members and
colleagues gladly await the newest annales
of the AIHV congresses. Finally, we can yet
again hold another volume, the annales of the
19th congress of our society. Our many thanks
go to the authors, the scientiic committee,
the editors and the countless helping hands
who took part in developing this publication.
Special thanks go to Irena Lazar: her tireless
efforts on all levels of the organisation could
already be felt during the congress and the
post-congress-tour.
The 19th congress of the AIHV took place
from the 17th to 21st of September 2012 in
Piran/Slovenia. The University of Primorska
Science and Research Centre and Institute for
Mediterranean Heritage was a wonderful host.
Thank-you to the city of Piran for making it
possible to hold our congress in such a lovely
environment as the Trevisini Palace and for the
cordial welcome by the city mayor. Countless
institutions that supported the congress should
be mentioned: the Slovenian Research Agency,
the National Museum of Slovenia in Ljubljana,
the Dolenjska Museum in Novo Mesto, from
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The interesting papers and posters were
ideally complemented by the post-congress tour
and the in-congress tours that took us from one
highlight to another. The hosting city of Piran,
with its winding alleyways, was shown to us
in the most loveable way. Very interesting and
comprehensive was the museum in Aquileia
illed with its most special collection and
the impressive basilica with its mosaics. The
museums in Slovenia and Croatia presented
amongst other things prehistoric pearls (Novo
Mesto), glasses from antiquity to the modern
age (Ljubljana, Zagreb), inds from shipwrecks
(Biograd), as well as form-blown vessels with
production signatures (Split), rich burial inds
and square bottles with relief on the bottom
(Zadar). The reception at each museum was
very warm.
The time period of the glass discussed spans
from the irst millennium BC to the modern
age, with the focus, as mentioned earlier, on
the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and neighbouring
regions. Some papers treated pearls and inlay;
many new results were presented about glassand vessel-production. In all the different
periods, the analytical discussion included
the subjects of the composition of the glass,
its origins and colour. The variety of subjects
and the number of given papers indicates the
extremely lively discussion that is going on in
current research on glass.
The volume at hand contains 69 contributions
that span the complete chronological period
from the beginning of glass production to the
modern age. Starting with the glass in Bronze
Age, the papers continue through the Hellenistic
period and enlighten especially the Roman
period. Several contributions are dedicated to
the Byzantine and Islamic glass, although the
Middle Ages and the 17th to 20th century AD
are well represented. Not only glass vessels are
discussed but also pearls and window glass,
special colours and decorations, as well as glass
as a grave good and its production sites and, of
course, the composition and origin of the raw
material.
During the general assembly, the board
was renewed. Anastasios Antonaras is the new
general secretary; Maria Grazia Diani and Karol
Wight have become new board members. Huib
Tijssens, our merited treasurer was re-elected.
Marie Dominique Nenna proposed myself as
her successor as president of the society. The
executive committee consists now of Erwin
Baumgartner and Caroline Jackson, as well as
the re-elected members Yoko Shindo, Marianne
Stern and Lisa Pilosi. There were no changes
among the presidents of the national committees,
board members too. We would like to thank the
whole board for their on-going commitment,
especially Marie-Dominique Nenna, who still
contributes the largest part of the newsletter after
Daniel Keller had to announce his retirement
from this assignment.
With great grief, we had to take notice of the
deaths of Hubert Cabart, Birgit Klesse, David
Whitehouse and Dunja Zobel-Klein.
The preparations for the 20th congress are
in full swing. It will take place from the 7th
to 11th September in Fribourg and Romont
(Switzerland) (www.aihv2015.ch). The focus
will be laid on medieval and modern glass.
The members of ICOM-Glass will meet at
the same time in Fribourg, which hopefully
will encourage collaboration between the two
institutions.
Translation Simone Mayer
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Sylvia FÜNFSCHILLING
AVANT-PROPOS
Tous les trois ans, nos membres et collègues
ont le plaisir de recevoir les actes des congrès de
l’AIHV: ça y est, nous tenons l’exemplaire du
19ème congrès entre nos mains. Nous adressons
un grand merci aux auteur(e)s, au comité
scientiique, aux éditeurs ainsi qu’aux nombreux
auxiliaires, qui ont contribué à la publication.
Il faut évoquer en particulier Irena Lazar : son
engagement insatiable sur tous les plans de
l’organisation se laissa déjà remarquer durant le
congrès et pendant le tour post-congrès.
Le 19ème congrès de l’AIHV a eu lieu du
17 au 21 septembre 2012 à Piran, en Slovénie.
L’université Primorska Science and Research
Centre and Institute for Mediterranean Heritage
s’est avéré être un hôte très accueillant. Il
nous faut aussi remercier la ville de Piran :
Nous avons pu organiser notre congrès dans
un très bel endroit, le palais Trevisini, et
avons été reçus chaleureusement par le maire.
Il faut nommer également de nombreuses
institutions, qui ont soutenu le congrès :
la Slovenian Research Agency, le Musée
National de Slowenie à Ljubljana, le Dolenjska
Museum de Novo Mesto, en Croatie le Musée
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Archeologique de Zagreb et le Musée des arts
appliqués à Zagreb, le Musée archéologique
de Split, le musée Zavicajni de Biograd, le
Musée du Verre Antique à Zadar ainsi que le
National Archaeological Museum de Aquileia
en Italie. Nous remercions inalement tous nos
mécènes et contributeurs, qui ont contribué
inancièrement ou par leur savoir-faire au
succès du congrès.
En deux sections parallèles, nous avons
écoutés 78 exposés. Ceux-ci ont été complétés
par 74 contributions sur poster. Cela a été
grandement intéressant de pouvoir découvrir les
fouilles variées de nos collègues des Balkans
ainsi que leur matériel, et ça avec un accès
facilité grâce aux traductions en anglais! Les
publications concernant les Balkans sont, de
façon générale dans les pays voisins d’Europe
ou sur d’autres continents, trop peu prises en
compte – à cause de plusieurs facteurs, comme
la langue, la disponibilité des publications, etc.
C’était par conséquent un d’autant plus grand
plaisir de recevoir des résultats complets «
tout frais ». A côté de ça, les autres régions ont
également permis de porter un nouveau regard
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sur le verre antique, islamique et médiéval/
d’époque moderne.
Les exposés et posters intéressants ont été
complétés au mieux par l’excursion d’après
le congrès ainsi que par les excursions durant
la semaine, qui nous ont menés de point fort
en point fort. La ville hôte de Piran avec ses
petites rues tortueuses nous a été présentée avec
un soin particulier. Aquilée, avec son musée
comprenant une collection exceptionnelle ainsi
que l’impressionnante basilique, s’est montrée
une ville très intéressante et complète. Les
musées en Slovénie et en Croatie présentèrent
entre autres des perles préhistoriques (Novo
Mesto) ainsi que des verres de l’Antiquité
jusqu’à l’époque moderne (Ljubljana, Zagreb),
des objets d’épaves de navires (Biograd) ainsi
que des récipients formés par moule avec
signatures des producteurs (Split) et de riches
objets de tombes ainsi que des bouteilles
carrées avec marques sur les fonds (Zadar). Les
accueils dans les musées respectifs ont été très
chaleureux.
La période du verre traité couvrait du premier
millénaire av. J.-C. jusqu’à l’époque moderne.
L’attention était portée, comme déjà évoqué, sur
les Balkans, la Grèce, la Turquie et les régions
limitrophes. Certaines contributions ont traité
des perles ainsi que des travaux d’incrustation,
de nombreuses découvertes concernant la
production du verre et de récipients ont pu
être mises en valeur. En complément, des
questions sur la composition du verre, de son
origine et de sa couleur ont pu être analysées à
travers tous les âges. La thématique variée et le
nombre des contributions montrent clairement
que la recherche du verre est remarquablement
foisonnante.
Le rapport ci-joint comprend 69 contributions,
qui comportent l’entier de la chronologie, des
débuts de production du verre jusqu’à l’époque
moderne. Ils commencent au verre de l’âge du
Bronze, touchent à l’époque hellénistique et
mettent l’accent particulièrement sur l’époque
romaine. Plusieurs contributions sont consacrées
au verre byzantin et islamique, mais l’époque
médiévale ainsi que les 17e au 20e siècles sont
bien représentés. Autant des récipients en
verre que des perles et du verre de fenêtres
sont thématisés, mais aussi du verre comme
offrande de tombe, des ateliers et naturellement
la composition et l’origine des matériaux bruts.
Durant l’assemblée générale, le conseil
a été renouvelé. Anastasio Antonaras est
nouvellement secrétaire général, Maria Grazia
Diani et Karol Wight sont nouveaux membres du
conseil. Huib Tijssens, notre méritant trésorier,
a été à nouveau élu. Marie Dominique Nenna a
proposé ma personne en tant que successeur de
la présidence. Erwin Baumgartner et Caroline
Jackson sont nouveaux membres du comité
exécutif; les places des autres représentants,
Yoko Shindo, Marianne Stern et Lisa Pilosi,
ont été conirmées. Pour ce qui concerne le
président des comités nationaux (eux aussi
membres du conseil), aucun changement n’est
à noter. Nous adressons nos remerciements à
tous, en particulier à Marie-Dominique Nenna
pour son engagement, qui se fait toujours sentir
par sa gestion de la plus grande partie de la
newsletter, après que Daniel Keller a annoncé
son retrait de cette fonction.
Nous avons avec le plus grand chagrin pris
connaissance des décès de Hubert Cabart, Birgit
Klesse, David Whitehouse ainsi que de Dunja
Zobel-Klein.
Les préparations pour le 20ème congrès
battent leur plein. Celui-ci aura lieu du 7 au
11 septembre à Fribourg et à Romont (Suisse)
(www.aihv2015.ch). L’attention sera centrée sur
le verre médiéval et moderne. Les membres de
l’ICOM-glass se rencontreront parallèlement
à Fribourg, ain de consolider le travail en
commun entre les deux institutions.
Traduction Johann Savary
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Sylvia FÜNFSCHILLING
VORWORT
Alle drei Jahre freuen sich unsere Mitglieder
sowie Kollegen auf die Akten der Kongresse der
AIHV: nun ist es wieder soweit, wir halten den
Band des 19. Kongresses unserer Gesellschaft
in Händen. Den Autorinnen und Autoren, dem
wissenschaftlichen Komitee, den Editoren
sowie den zahlreichen helfenden Händen, die
an der Entstehung der Publikation mitbeteiligt
waren, ist höchster Dank auszusprechen.
Besonderer Erwähnung bedarf Irena Lazar:
ihr unermüdlicher Einsatz auf allen Ebenen
der Organisation war bereits während des
Kongresses und während der Post-KongressTour spürbar.
Der 19. Kongress der AIHV fand vom
17.-21. September 2012 in Piran/Slowenien
statt. Die Universität Primorska Science and
Research Centre and Institute for Mediterranean
Heritage war ein wundervoller Gastgeber.
Dank auszuprechen ist der Stadt Piran, wir
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Museum Zagreb, dem Archäologischen
Museum Split, dem Zavičajni Museum
Biograd in Biograd na moru, dem Museum für
antikes Glas in Zadar sowie dem Nationalen
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das Gelingen des Kongresses unterstützt haben.
In zwei parallelen Sektionen hörten wir
78 Vorträge. Ergänzt wurden diese durch 74
Beiträge auf Postern. Es war ausserordentlich
interessant, die vielfältigen Ausgrabungen und
deren spannendes Material unserer Kollegen
auf dem Balkan entdecken zu können, mit
erleichtertem Zugang durch die Übersetzungen
ins Englische! Die Publikationen den Balkan
betreffend werden – aufgrund mehrerer
Ursachen, wie Sprache, Verfügbarkeit usw.
– in den benachbarten Ländern Europas oder
gar auf anderen Kontinenten oft wenig zu
Kenntnis genommen. Es war deshalb ein
besonderes Vergnügen, die reichhaltigen und
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spannenden Ergebnisse „frisch auf den Tisch“
zu bekommen. Aber auch die übrigen Regionen
boten neue Einblicke in antikes, islamisches
sowie mittelalterlich/neuzeitliches Glas.
Die interessanten Vorträge und Poster wurden
auf’s Beste ergänzt durch die PostcongressTour sowie Auslüge während der Woche, die
uns von Höhepunkt zu Höhepunkt führten. Die
Gastgeberstadt Piran mit seinen verwinkelten
Gassen wurde uns besonders liebevoll
nahegebracht. Sehr interessant und reichhaltig
zeigte sich Aquileia, das Museum mit seiner
ausserordentlichen Sammlung wie auch die
eindrückliche Basilika mit ihren Mosaiken. Die
Museen präsentierten u.a. prähistorische Perlen
(Novo Mesto) sowie Gläser von der Antike bis
zur Neuzeit (Ljubljana, Zagreb), Funde aus
gestrandeten Schiffen (Biograd) ebenso wie
formgeblasene Gefässe mit Herstellersignaturen
(Split) und reiche Grabfunde sowie vierkantige
Flaschen mit Bodenmarken (Zadar). Die
Empfänge in den jeweiligen Museen waren sehr
herzlich.
Die zeitliche Spanne des behandelten
Glases reichte vom ersten Jahrtausend vor Chr.
bis zur Moderne. Der Fokus lag – wie bereits
erwähnt – auf dem Balkan, auf Griechenland
und der Türkei und angrenzenden Regionen.
Einige Beiträge behandelten Perlen sowie
Einlegearbeiten, zahleiche neue Erkenntnisse
konnten bei der Glas bzw. Gefässproduktion
gewonnen werden. Ergänzend durch alle
Zeiten wurden Fragen zur Komposition des
Glases, dessen Herkunft, Farbe analytisch
beleuchtet. Die unterschiedliche Thematik und
die Vielzahl der Beiträge zeigen deutlich, dass
die Glasforschung ausserordentlich lebendig
ist.
Der vorliegende Band umfasst 69 Beiträge,
die die gesamte chronologische Spanne von den
Anfängen der Glasverarbeitung bis zur Moderne
umfassen. Sie beginnen beim bronzezeitlichem
Glas, streifen die hellenistische Zeit und
beleuchten besonders die römische Epoche.
Mehrere Beiträge sind dem byzantinischen
und islamischen Glas gewidmet, aber auch
die mittelalterliche Epoche, sowie das 17.
-20. Jahrhundert sind gut vertreten. Sowohl
Glasgefässe kommen zur Sprache, wie auch
Perlen und Fensterglas, spezielle Farben und
Verzierungen, aber auch Glas als Grabbeigabe
sowie Ateliers und natürlich Komposition und
Herkunft des Rohmaterials.
Während der Generalversammlung wurde
das board erneuert. Anastasios Antonaras ist
neuer General Sekretär, Maria Grazia Diani
und Karol Wight wurden neue board members.
Huib Tijssens, unser verdienter treasurer wurde
wiedergewählt. Marie Dominique Nenna schlug
meine Person als ihre Nachfolgerin für die
Präsidentschaft vor. Im Exekutive Kommitee
sitzen neu Erwin Baumgartner und Caroline
Jackson, die übrigen Vertreter wie Yoko
Shindo, Marianne Stern und Lisa Pilosi wurden
bestätigt, bei den Präsidenten der nationalen
Kommitteen gab es keine Änderungen. Wir
danken allen, insbesondere Marie-Dominique
Nenna, für ihr Engagement, das immer noch
andauert: steuert sie doch den weitaus grössten
Teil zum newsletter bei, nachdem Daniel Keller
seinen Rücktritt von dieser Aufgabe bekannt
geben musste.
In tiefer Trauer mussten wir den Tod von
David Whitehouse, Hubert Cabart, Birgit Klesse
sowie Dunja Zobel-Klein zur Kenntnis nehmen.
Die Vorbereitungen für den 20. Kongress
laufen auf Hochtouren. Er wird vom 7. bis 11.
September in Fribourg und Romont (Schweiz)
stattinden (www.aihv2015.ch). Der Focus wird
dabei auf dem mittelalterlichen und modernen
Glas liegen. Die Mitglieder von ICOM-Glass
werden sich ebenfalls in Fribourg treffen, auf
dass die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den beiden
Institutionen gestärkt werde.
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DA CRUZ Mário, SÁNCHEZ DE PRADO Maria Dolores
GLASS WORKING SITES IN HISPANIA: WHAT WE KNOW
This study is the outcome of collaborative
work between Spanish and Portuguese
researchers, conducted in order to put Iberian
roman glass back at the centre of European glass
studies, by bringing together all glass working
sites found so far in the Iberian Peninsula.
Besides doing the state of the matter exercise,
we have actively looked for new unpublished
sites and reviewed the ones that have already
been published. This updating exercise has
been carried out according to the most recent
scientiic criteria and directly on site, whenever
possible. The outcome of this work is presented
here for the irst time in the form of a map and
a catalogue. The aim is that it may serve as a
starting point for future studies and may be
regularly reviewed and updated.
crIterIa
The selection of sites was based on a short
list of glass working examples that are: melted
glass, tools, crucibles (also known as pots),
row glass, glass slag, glass waste, moulds and
furnaces. However, not all examples are equally
reliable, which is why it is highly recommended
to consider different examples and not refer to
one alone. Melted glass, tools and opaque row
glass are less reliable, because melted glass
can be originate from incineration piles; glass
working tools are not very distinct from other
tools and opaque row glass can be associated
with mosaic making. The other criteria are more
reliable if correctly identiied. Row glass came
usually in the form of small lumps with lintlike fractures. Crucibles, as much as moulds,
can be recognized by the internal glassy or
burned surfaces, which are usually rough and
irregular, unlike glazed pottery. Glass slag refers
to the unclean and shapeless glass that dribbles
from the crucibles or the fusing tanks. Under
the common name of ‘glass waste,’ there is a
wide range of glass working by-products: from
simple glass drops, trails and rods - sometimes
twisted or showing tooling marks - to the more
distinctive moils - that is the glass from around
the end of the blowing iron - or even the wasters,
the distorted and discarded vessels. Finally,
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the furnaces and the workshop structure can
be easily recognized archaeologically as long
as there is evidence of other glass production,
such as glass slag impregnating the furnace.
No textual or epigraphic reference to secondary
glass production has yet been found in Portugal
or Spain.
the glass workIng sItes
The current survey includes a total of 32 sites
and 7 uncertain sites that are not shown here,
but we believe that many more are waiting to
be excavated or simply identiied and published.
The irst impression is that secondary glass
production in Hispania appears to be as proliic
and relevant as in any other roman province.
France alone counted one hundred workshops
in a 2010 survey.1 It is expected that virtually
all the important towns in Hispania featured
one or more workshops that specialised in what
would not be much different from pottery or
metalwork. For instance, in Bracara Augusta
and Augusta Emerita, the existence of at least
three glass workshops has been revealed in both
cases. In the 4th and 5th century this industry
developed even further in some secondary
towns, often along the main trading routes, both
terrestrial and maritime.
A close look at Figure 1 shows that the sites
seem to be concentrated in four main regions,
corresponding to the area of inluence of the
provincial capitals of Hispania. This fact alone
suggests that these towns acted as doorways
for glass production in Hispania, from where
it spread to neighbouring cities and thus, it is
highly probable that these regions remained
regional glass production centres. We have
Tarraco and the Ebro valley; Chartago Nova
and the littoral of the Chartaginensis province;
Emerita Augusta and the north-eastern part of
the Lusitanian province; Bracara Augusta and
the western part of the Callaecia province. We
also notice the almost complete absence of sites
in the Iberian southwest, which corresponds
to the south-western part of Lusitania and
the entire Betica province. We are convinced
1
Foy 2010, 31.
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Fig. 1: Glass working sites in Hispania (the numbers
refer to the catalogue).
that this is due to a lack of research and
information and not exactly to the absence of
glass production.
As a general rule, we can assume that each
glass working site corresponds to a workshop
and in some cases, more than one. We can
also assume that all of them are secondary
workshops, producing glass objects and vessels
from row glass or cullet and not from basic raw
materials. There is still no suficient evidence
of primary production in the Hispania roman
provinces in spite of the well known quote
from Pliny2 referring to the use of local sand.
This does not mean that primary production
did not take place in Hispania, but rather that
it is yet to be identiied and in any case, it must
had been residual and geographically limited.
Recent archaeometric studies carried out in the
northwest of Hispania have revealed the massive
presence of Eastern Mediterranean glass3 as it
occurs across the Western Roman Empire.
catalogue
1. Iluro
Torre Llauder (Mataró, Barcelona, ES)
Several news items on glass working sites have
been recorded in this ancient Laietan town
2
3
Plin. Nat. Hist. 36.66, 194.
Cruz 2009, 37 ff.
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and its surroundings,4 among which stands out
Torre Llauder, where four square furnaces have
been documented. Inside theses furnaces were
found a great amount of glass slag and melted
glass along with glass vessels and lat glass.5
According to Jennifer Price,6 the workshop
would have been operating during the 2nd
century.
2. Tarraco
“el Pasaje Cobos” (Tarragona, ES)
A dump dated around AD 25-50 has revealed,
among many other inds, two distorted
cylindrical glass fragments that Jennifer Price7
identiied as two possible pontil rings or moils.
3. Tarraco
“el basurero de Vila-Roma” (Tarragona, ES)
This dump has revealed at least three fragments
of moils,8 suggesting the existence of a glass
workshop operating in the irst half of the 5th
century9 and integrated in an artisan quarter in
the area of the former Provincial Forum.
4. Caesaraugusta
Roman theatre and Gavín-Sepulcro Street
(Zaragoza, ES)
Glass waste, glass slag and row glass were
found on these two sites in association with
fragments of glass vessels, mostly from local
production, which prove that glass working was
still in place by the end of the second half of the
5th century.10
5. Celsa
“Casa de los delines” (Velilla del Ebro,
Zaragoza, ES)
4 Juncosa and Clariana (1984, 42 ff) refers to the
existence of glass furnaces in a nearby roman villa
as Figuera Major, Cirera and even Can Rafart, in association with partially melted glass and fragments
of crucibles.
5 Ribas Bertrán 1972, 130 ff, figs. 8 and 9.
6 Price 1981, 398 ff.
7 Price 1981, 402 and 619 ff.
8 Benet and Subias 1989, 343, 9.71-9.72.
9 Idem, 346. A glass furnace has also been recorded in the Paleochristian necropolis (Price 1981, 402).
10 Ortiz 2001, 407, fig. 127.
Excavations on the so-called “House of the
dolphins”, in the former colony of Celsa,
permitted the recovery of waste related to glass
working in layers dated around AD 54/60.11 It is
mainly composed of lumps of row glass, both
opaque and translucent, used either to produce
small objects or for blown glass vessels.
6. Pradejón-Calahorra
“el alfar de La Maja” (La Rioja, ES)
This roman pottery provides numerous
examples of glass blowing, such as glass waste
and cullet, together with a furnace and different
sorts of metal tools.12 Among these tools, are a
blowing iron, tweezers and an iron object in the
shape of a rectangular box. This furnace would
have been running during the second half of 1st
century.13
7. Valentia
Sabater Street 9 (Valencia, ES)
Part of a building hosting a round glass furnace
has been located in the historic centre of
Valencia.14 Along with these constructions were
found all sorts of glass waste, such as lid-like
moils (Pl. 4), row glass and window glass for
recycling. According to Albiach and Soriano,15
the inds from the overthrow layers point to the
irst quarter of the 4th century.
8. Villa El Albir
(Alfaz del Pi, Alicante, ES)
A great amount of glass waste from blown
vessels was documented among the baths of
this roman villa. Among the homogeneous
yellowish green glass, there were lumps of
row glass, semi-fused glass, glass drops and
a great number of trails. The presence of this
glass and other related material indicates that
a small glass workshop had occupied the old
bath facilities around the irst half of the 5th
century.16
11
12
27.
13
14
15
16
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Paz 1998, 529 ff, fig. 259.
González and Garrido 2002, 22 ff, figs. 1, 25Idem 32.
Albiach and Soriano 1989, 726, figs. 1 and 2.
Idem 729.
Sánchez de Prado 2009, 168 ff, fig. 10, 7-9.
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Plate 1: A 4th century glass furnace from the CTT
workshop, Braga (No. 26).
Plate 2: Lumps of yellowish brown row glass from
Colector Colón, Vigo (No. 28).
9. Alicante
El Barrio de Benalúa (Alicante, ES)
The excavation of two archaeological dumps in
this urban district has provided ceramic and glass
materials in abundance so as to corroborate the
existence of a nearby artisan area. Among scores
of fragments of glass vessels for recycling, it was
possible to document an important amount of
debris related to the activity of glass blowing.17
The recovered vessels conirm the advanced
date of the 6th century.
the remains of a working bench, fragments of
crucibles and a dump.20
10. Carthago Nova
Honda Street 17 (Cartagena, Murcia, ES)
The remains of a round furnace,18 along with
abundant glass slag, were identiied in room
II of a house converted into a glass workshop
in the 3rd century. The abandon layers, where
a large amount of glass slag and glass waste19
was found, dated from around the end of the 4th
century to the 5th century.
11. Carthago Nova
Cerro del Molinete (Cartagena, Murcia, ES)
The excavations carried out on the west slope of
the hill of Molinete allowed the documentation
of an important artisan such as a glass workshop
dated to between the 3rd and the 5th century, that
featured part of a ire chamber of a furnace,
17 Idem 178 ff, fig. 11, 5-8.
18 Fernández Matallana 2009, foil 3.
19 Idem 147, fig. 4 and foil 4.
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12. Lorca
Eugenio Úbeda Street 12-14 (Murcia, ES)
At this location, structures linked to domestic
and artisan activities were identiied in two
distinct sectors, along with evidence of glass
working in late roman layers.21 In the west sector
was located a raft, illed in the second half of
the 3rd century, with waste from artisan activities
such as pottery and glass making. Among the
waste, there was cullet and glass waste, like
trails, glass slag, lumps of row glass and moils.22
13. Villa Hellín
Albacete, ES
The excavation of this roman villa brought to
light the structures of two furnaces, one large
and one small. The small one has a round plan
with a funnel shape entryway, shows some glass
slag inside and is supposed to have been used
for glass making.23 It is a patrician villa with an
artisan area, which had been functioning since
the end of the 1st century AD and reached its
peak during the 3rd century.
14. Los Barrios
Venta del Carmen (Cádiz, ES)
The pottery of Venta del Carmen would have
housed a glass workshop producing mainly
20
21
22
23
Egea et al. 2006, 36.
Martínez and Ponce 1999, 324.
Sánchez de Prado 2004, fig. 9.
Abad, Gutiérrez, Sanz 1998, 93 ff.
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Plate 3: Glass waste from Maximinos, Braga (No.
24).
unguentaria. A signiicant amount of failed
vessels were recovered on a waste dump. This
workshop could have already been working
around the year 80 of our era.24
15. Augusta Emerita
The National Museum of Roman Arte site
(Mérida, Badajoz, ES)
During excavations carried out in 1970, two
deep bowls were recovered on a dump area, with
vitreous remains on its inner surface, interpreted
as moulds and related to the so-called “workshop
number 2”. The layer in which they were found
was dated to the Julio-Claudian era onwards and
the workshop is supposed to have persisted until
the 4th century.25
16. Augusta Emerita
Cerro San Albín (Mérida, Badajoz, ES)
Nearby this hill26 were located 34 glass pieces
that were revealed to be glass waste known as
“moils”,27 together with what was left from some
iron tools, like 5 blowing irons, tweezers and
shears. These inds demonstrate the presence of
a glass workshop located outside the city walls
in an artisan area, along with potteries. The
context has been dated by a set of coins from the
4th century.28
24 Fuentes 1998, 268 ff.
25 Caldera de Castro 1983, 69.
26 Idem, 66 ff.
27 Price 1981, pl. 6-9.
28 According to Jennifer Price (2004, 21), the characteristics of the glass points to the end of the 4th
century or the beginning of the 5th century.
17. Augustobriga
Talavera la Vieja, Cáceres, ES
An artisan area, attached to the city wall, was
identiied during an archaeological survey on
the site. Two ceramic moulds were then found:
one was a decorated terra sigillata mould and
the other was the base of a square glass bottle
with a mark, composed by four concentric
circles in low relief under a thin layer of glaze.
The associated material was dated to around
the second half of the 1st century AD and the
beginning of the 2nd century.29
18. Ammaia
South Gate Aramenha, Marvão, PT
The excavations carried out in the south gate
sector revealed substantial evidence of glass
working such glass slag, lumps of row glass,
moils, and different sorts of glass waste with
tooling marks. These examples are mainly
concentrated inside the east tower, which leads
to the supposition that this tower may have been
used as a glass workshop - at least by the end
of the 4th century or the beginning of the 5th
century, according to the date of the associated
glass vessels.30
19. Ávila
San Vicente Park (Ávila, ES)
Two furnaces were identiied during
archaeological excavations; one dedicated to
pottery and the other to glass. The glass furnace
preserved the base of the combustion chamber
and was associated with glass waste related
inds. The materials recovered in the abandon
layers points to a chronology originating from
the 4th-5th century and may extend to the 6th
century.31
20. Ávila
Padres Paules convent (Ávila, ES)
The excavations in this ancient convent enabled
the identiication of a glass furnace with an oval
29 Aguilar-Tablada and Sánchez de Prado 2006,
182 ff, figs. 3 and 4.
30 Unpublished data collected by Mario da Cruz.
Ongoing study.
31 Martínez et al. 2004, 427, figs. 1-3.
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plan and vaulted section. Associated with the
ind were several deposits of ashes, glass slag
and misshapen glass vessels. The furnace would
have been running between the 2nd century and
the second half of the 4th century, when the place
was renovated.32
21. Recópolis
Zorita de los Canes, Guadalajara, ES
The excavations in this Visigoth new town
enabled archaeologists to locate the remains of
a furnace used for glass production that would
have been running between the end of the 4th
century and the beginning of the 7th century.33
The furnace preserved the combustion chamber,
of circular plan, coated with tiles with glazed
surfaces. A great volume of glass slag and small
fragments of crucibles were found nearby.34
22. Conimbriga
Condeixa-a-Velha, Coimbra, PT
The existence of local glass production was
irst raised after the discovery of glass slag, row
glass and refractory clay with glass runoff35
- although residual and scattered - in contexts
dating back to the end of the 1st century AD.
More recently, while checking these inds, we
realized that there was no evidence of moils
or other related glass blowing waste. Instead,
there was a large amount of glass beads, some
of them misshapen or uninished, which leads
us to propose the existence of a glass workshop
that specialized in the production of small glass
adornments. The type of beads and its colours,
mostly dark blue, as much as its context points
to a chronology originating from the irst half of
the 1st century or earlier.
23. Castellum Madiae
Alvarelhos, Trofa, PT
A semi-circular structure, interpreted as a glass
furnace, was identiied in the so-called “domus
32 Marcos Herrán 2006.
33 Castro and Gómez 2008, 123.
34 Idem, 118 ff, figs. 2 and 5.
35 Alarcão 1964, 56; Alarcão and Alarcão 1965,
16; Alarcão 1994, 15 and 83.
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Plate 4: Lid-like moils from Sabater Street, Valencia
(No. 7).
of the handicraft complex”36 with a chronology
that originates from the beginning of the 4th
century to the mid 5th century. The associated
evidence for glass production consists mainly
of glass slag that impregnated the loor and the
furnace stone elements.37
24. Bracara Augusta
Maximinos – Casa do poço (Braga, PT)
The irst evidence of local glass production
from Braga was identiied in the so-called
“Well house”38 and included all sorts of glass
waste (Pl. 3), such as moils and lumps of row
glass, as well as small fragments of crucibles
with adherent rough glass. A furnace and bricks
covered with glass have also been reported. The
associated ceramic materials, dating back to the
1st century, indicate that this could have been the
irst glass workshop in town.39
25. Bracara Augusta
Fujacal (Braga, PT)
The area of the former “farmer of Fujacal” and
the adjacent street of São Geraldo have revealed
all sorts of glass working evidence, ranging from
row glass to glass waste and even bricks covered
36
37
38
39
Moreira 2009, 402, pl. LVI.
Idem, 403.
Sousa and Oliveira 1982.
Cruz 2009, 236.
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with glass,40 mostly found in contexts associated
with the construction of the late roman wall by
the end of the 3rd century to the beginning of the
4th century. We can assume that production was
already running during the 3rd century and there
is strong evidence that it was not interrupted
by the construction of the wall, but carried on
until the end of the 5th century to the irst half of
the 6th century according to the dating of some
discarded vessels.41 The dispersion of this
evidence suggests the existence of more than
one workshop in the area.
26. Bracara Augusta
CTT (Braga, PT)
The best preserved glass workshop ever found
in Braga was excavated in 2008 in the block of
the former post ofice. Besides a great amount
of cullet and all sorts of glass waste,42 there
was an almost complete building with two
round furnaces (Pl. 1) corresponding to two
different phases of the workshop. It was built
extramurally on a former burial ground around
the irst half of the 4th century and abandoned in
the second half of the 5th century.43
27. Tude
Tui, Pontevedra, ES
A combustion structure, interpreted as a glass
furnace, was documented on the street Loureiro
and was associated with numerous glass waste,
such as moils, trails, glass slag, row glass and
also clay with dribbled glass. The proposed
chronology for the site originates from around
the 4th to the 6th century; however, the few glass
vessels identiied points rather to the second
half of the 5th to the 6th century.44
28. Vicus Helleni
Colector Colón (Vigo, Pontevedra, ES)
The irst evidence of a local glass production
came to light during the opening of a storm sewer
40 Idem, 186 ff, 236.
41 Idem, 188 ff, fig.s 24.2.2.3a, no. 3 and 7.
42 Idem 217 ff and 237; Cruz 2011, 25.
43 A recent revision of the data also led to the revision of the previously proposed chronology for the
first furnace as being Early Empire (Cruz 2011, 25).
44 Vilaseco 2003; Cruz 2009, 250.
on street Colón and consisted of a waste pit
illed with lumps of raw glass (Pl. 2) and waste
glass, such as moils and failed glass vessels,
suggesting that the workshop was dismantled
during the irst half of the 5th century.45
29. Vicus Helleni
Rosalia de Castro Avenue (Vigo, Pontevedra,
ES)
Evidence of a new glass production site was
found in a sector known as “O areal”. Along
with crushed glass (cullet), glass slag, glass
waste and lumps of row glass were also found.46
A small and round combustion structure,
possibly a furnace, was discovered in “parcela
4” (plot 4). The associated glass vessels point to
the second half of the 5th century to the irst half
of the 6th century.
30. Aquis Celenis
Caldas de Reis, Pontevedra, ES)
Recent archaeological excavations on street
Ferreiro of this ancient thermal town revealed
a small but informative amount of glass waste,
as well as glass drops, lumps of row glass and a
moil. The site is supposed to have a chronology
originating from the irst half of the 5th century
to the irst half of the 6th century.47
31. Lucus Agusti
Lugo, ES
The existence of a local glass workshop
was first proposed following the discovery
of two combustion structures, interpreted
as possible glass furnaces.48 Recent surveys
allowed the identification of glass waste, for
example row glass with impressions of the
crucibles, in three different areas probably
corresponding to a single glass workshop
whose materials were dispersed. The use of
crucibles and the colour of the glass suggest
that the workshop was operating during the
4 th century or later.49
45
46
47
48
49
184
Cruz 2009, 244 ff.
Idem, 246 ff.
Idem, 252.
Xusto Rodríguez 2001, 123.
Cruz 2009, 242.
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32. Asturica Augusta
Antiguo Hospicio (Astorga, León, ES)
The existence of local glass production has
already been suggested by the catalogue
of the local museum,50 although additional
accurate data concerning the chronology and
origin is absent. More recently, our survey
has detected some glass waste on the site
of the “Former Hospice,” bearing strong
evidence of a nearby workshop51 that would
have been running from the second half of
the 1st century to the 3 rd century. Moreover,
the discovery of a lump of row glass with
the impressions of a crucible on street Garcia
Prieto may suggest the existence of a second
workshop in town.52
50 Amare Tafalla 2002, fig. 20.
51 Cruz 2009, 238-241.
52 Idem, fig. 5.1.2a-5.
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MarIo da cruz
Vicarte, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Citcem, Universidade do Minho,
1-516 Caparica, portugal
mariodacruz@hotmail.com
dolores sánchez de prado
University of Alicante,
03690 Alicante, spaIn
loli.sanchez@ua.es
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