Oil-lamp typology from the Roman cemetery "Kod Bresta" - Viminacium excavations 1985-1992

Abstract

The former Roman city and legionary fort Viminacium is situated at the right Danube bank, in the territory of villages Stari Kostolac and Drmno, 15 km from Požarevac. Viminacium was the capital of the Roman province Upper Moesia (Moesia Superior), which became a colony during the 3rd century A.D. During the 1980s, parts of the southern cemeteries of Viminacium were excavated. A section of it was named “Kod Bresta” and it was excavated from 1985 to 1992. During that period, 75 graves were excavated, both inhumation and cremation graves. Among the discovered grave-goods, there were 107 oil-lamps, one of them made of bronze and the rest made of clay. Five moulds for lamp production were discovered as well.