A 12th century set of marvered purple glass vessels from Braničevo (Serbia)
Abstract
During the 2011 archaeological excavations at the Mali Grad site in
Braničevo, a set of at least 16 vessels made of translucent dark-purple glass
and decorated with marvered opaque white trails was discovered. This unique
glass assemblage, consisting of at least eight bowls, three bottles, two
cylindrical flasks and three further vessels which can be possibly attributed
to flasks, was found in the most significant archaeological context in the
urban centre of Braničevo, in the layer above the floor in House No 4.
According to other archaeological finds from the same context, coins in
particular, the glass vessel set is dated to the 12th century. Importantly,
the finds from Braničevo are so far the earliest securely-dated vessels of
this type in the territory of the Byzantine Empire, post-dating the
reestablishment of its control over the Balkan Peninsula in the 11th century.
Keywords:
Braničevo / Serbia / 12th century / vessel set / purple glass / opaque white marvered decorationSource:
Starinar, 2018, 68, 151-173Publisher:
- Arheološki institut, Beograd
Funding / projects:
Institution/Community
Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - JOUR AU - Spasić-Đurić, Dragana AU - Jovanović, Sonja PY - 2018 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/274 AB - During the 2011 archaeological excavations at the Mali Grad site in Braničevo, a set of at least 16 vessels made of translucent dark-purple glass and decorated with marvered opaque white trails was discovered. This unique glass assemblage, consisting of at least eight bowls, three bottles, two cylindrical flasks and three further vessels which can be possibly attributed to flasks, was found in the most significant archaeological context in the urban centre of Braničevo, in the layer above the floor in House No 4. According to other archaeological finds from the same context, coins in particular, the glass vessel set is dated to the 12th century. Importantly, the finds from Braničevo are so far the earliest securely-dated vessels of this type in the territory of the Byzantine Empire, post-dating the reestablishment of its control over the Balkan Peninsula in the 11th century. PB - Arheološki institut, Beograd T2 - Starinar T1 - A 12th century set of marvered purple glass vessels from Braničevo (Serbia) EP - 173 IS - 68 SP - 151 DO - 10.2298/STA1868151S ER -
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Spasić-Đurić, D.,& Jovanović, S.. (2018). A 12th century set of marvered purple glass vessels from Braničevo (Serbia). in Starinar Arheološki institut, Beograd.(68), 151-173. https://doi.org/10.2298/STA1868151S
Spasić-Đurić D, Jovanović S. A 12th century set of marvered purple glass vessels from Braničevo (Serbia). in Starinar. 2018;(68):151-173. doi:10.2298/STA1868151S .
Spasić-Đurić, Dragana, Jovanović, Sonja, "A 12th century set of marvered purple glass vessels from Braničevo (Serbia)" in Starinar, no. 68 (2018):151-173, https://doi.org/10.2298/STA1868151S . .