Adela Bâltâc
Lumea rurală în provinciile Moesia Inferior şi Thracia (secolele I–III p. Chr.) {Rural Life in the Provinces Moesia Inferior and Thracia (1st-3rd Centuries AD)}, Bucureşti, 2011
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started in the year 2000 and, with a few interruptions, are still ongoing today. The sector is located in the centre of early Roman Histria and underwent numerous interventions during the construction of the Late Roman enclosure, but especially since the beginning of archaeological excavations at Histria, which caused the destruction of the complexes contemporary with the enclosure. The present article examines two new inscriptions discovered in this area: a fragment of an honorific or funerary inscription, and a further fragment of the Histrian horothesia providing new insights on the dossier of letters accompanying the decree of Laberius Maximus.
terracottas unearthed through systematic archaeological research, during the years 1997–2016, in the site of Ostrov (Durostorum), Constanța County. So far, 275 items have been studied, which have been divided into several categories: human statuettes (deities and people), statuettes representing animals, altars, statuette bases, postaments for statuettes, constituent elements of large ensembles, varia and incerta. In this catalogue were assembled 72 items, which are part of categories nos. 2-4. In the coroplastic art from Ostrov, the statuettes representing creatures include animals, birds and fish, the species represented being very varied; they can be both toys and items used in religious and/or funeral rituals. The altars, although in small numbers, are used in domestic religious processions. The bases of the statuettes indicate a much larger number of terracottas produced here than the image provided by the fragments of statuettes definable by their characteristic features (faces, bodies, hands, feet, etc.). At the same time, the large number of statuette postaments (23) indicates not only a faithful copy of the metal statuettes in the workshops here, but also provides clues about how to display the i tems, thus indicating a domestic use (in lararia) for some of the terracottas. Judging by the variety of representations and the artistic manner of the items, the coroplastic craft seems to be one of the most specialized among the potters in the ceramic workshops near the ancient Durostorum, which is in use during the 2nd–3rd centuries AD.
between 1998 and 2016 at Ostrov (Durostorum), Constanța County, and focuses on the statuary groups, with a particular regard to the so-called ‘deities on throne’, as they are known in the specialised literature. A number of 21 new objects were catalogued, which are to be added to the five already published ones (in a previous study). All these have the
same provenance, namely the same excavations. In order to elaborate the study and the related typology, were taken into consideration other two items, one from Silistra and another one from Ostrov. Considering the representation of the central scene, the artefacts were catalogued in three groups: the busts of two adjacent female characters (three
artefacts), the busts of two female characters standing each one on a separate column (eight artefacts) and the busts of two characters (one male and one female?), standing each one on a separate column (one artefact). There are analyzed such types of representations in the Graeco-Roman world and three possible uses for these depictions are considered, depending on the context in which they were to be dedicated: domestic, religious, or funeral. The archaeological context of the analyzed discoveries allow us to date them from the first half of the 2nd century to the beginning of the 3rd century AD.
started in the year 2000 and, with a few interruptions, are still ongoing today. The sector is located in the centre of early Roman Histria and underwent numerous interventions during the construction of the Late Roman enclosure, but especially since the beginning of archaeological excavations at Histria, which caused the destruction of the complexes contemporary with the enclosure. The present article examines two new inscriptions discovered in this area: a fragment of an honorific or funerary inscription, and a further fragment of the Histrian horothesia providing new insights on the dossier of letters accompanying the decree of Laberius Maximus.
terracottas unearthed through systematic archaeological research, during the years 1997–2016, in the site of Ostrov (Durostorum), Constanța County. So far, 275 items have been studied, which have been divided into several categories: human statuettes (deities and people), statuettes representing animals, altars, statuette bases, postaments for statuettes, constituent elements of large ensembles, varia and incerta. In this catalogue were assembled 72 items, which are part of categories nos. 2-4. In the coroplastic art from Ostrov, the statuettes representing creatures include animals, birds and fish, the species represented being very varied; they can be both toys and items used in religious and/or funeral rituals. The altars, although in small numbers, are used in domestic religious processions. The bases of the statuettes indicate a much larger number of terracottas produced here than the image provided by the fragments of statuettes definable by their characteristic features (faces, bodies, hands, feet, etc.). At the same time, the large number of statuette postaments (23) indicates not only a faithful copy of the metal statuettes in the workshops here, but also provides clues about how to display the i tems, thus indicating a domestic use (in lararia) for some of the terracottas. Judging by the variety of representations and the artistic manner of the items, the coroplastic craft seems to be one of the most specialized among the potters in the ceramic workshops near the ancient Durostorum, which is in use during the 2nd–3rd centuries AD.
between 1998 and 2016 at Ostrov (Durostorum), Constanța County, and focuses on the statuary groups, with a particular regard to the so-called ‘deities on throne’, as they are known in the specialised literature. A number of 21 new objects were catalogued, which are to be added to the five already published ones (in a previous study). All these have the
same provenance, namely the same excavations. In order to elaborate the study and the related typology, were taken into consideration other two items, one from Silistra and another one from Ostrov. Considering the representation of the central scene, the artefacts were catalogued in three groups: the busts of two adjacent female characters (three
artefacts), the busts of two female characters standing each one on a separate column (eight artefacts) and the busts of two characters (one male and one female?), standing each one on a separate column (one artefact). There are analyzed such types of representations in the Graeco-Roman world and three possible uses for these depictions are considered, depending on the context in which they were to be dedicated: domestic, religious, or funeral. The archaeological context of the analyzed discoveries allow us to date them from the first half of the 2nd century to the beginning of the 3rd century AD.
ADELA BÂLTÂC, ALINA MUȘAT-STREINU, ALEXANDRA DOLEA
THE POTTERY KILNS FROM THE ROMAN SETTLEMENT OF ȘIBOT–„ÎN OBREJ”, ALBA COUNTY – PRELIMINARY RESULTS
The Roman settlement of Șibot–„În Obrej” (Alba County) was first introduced to the academic community in 2011. The rescue excavations which took place during March – October 2012 were initiated due to the construction of Motorway 1, Orăștie–Sibiu segment, lot 1 Orăștie – Sebeș. The archaeological research revealed an extended perimeter belonging to a Roman rural settlement, divided in a habitation area, the settlement (km 9+650–9+910) and the nearby necropolis (9+920–10+054). Alongside contexts specific to a settlement and its necropolis, there have also been identified and researched 14 pottery kilns, discovered in various stages of conservation. Given the careful research and study, it can be established that most of the pottery kilns belong to a single type – circular kiln with central pillar. During the archaeological excavation, the pottery kilns offered rich material that can lead to a typology of the pottery from the recently discovered settlement.