Eleven miniature lead mirror frames were discovered during the protective archaeological excavations
of Viminacium in 2015, at the Rit site. The frames were found in a ditch probably used at fi rst as a
canal for drainage and was fi lled with waste material during the cleaning of the necropolis afterwards.
Some of the mirrors represent a unique fi nd, since few of these types have been found on the territory of
Viminacium so far, and the only analogies are the ones from the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest.
These fi nds confi rm the widespread opinion about these mirrors not having been used as cosmetic
or toilet articles, but as cult/apotropaic objects.
Keywords:
lead / miniature mirror frames / Rit / Viminacium / apotropaic objects
Source:
Arheologija i prirodne nauke / Archaeology and Science, 2015, 11, 9-21
TY - JOUR
AU - Milovanović, Bebina
AU - Marjanović, Milica
AU - Kosanović, Ivana
PY - 2015
UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/672
AB - Eleven miniature lead mirror frames were discovered during the protective archaeological excavations
of Viminacium in 2015, at the Rit site. The frames were found in a ditch probably used at fi rst as a
canal for drainage and was fi lled with waste material during the cleaning of the necropolis afterwards.
Some of the mirrors represent a unique fi nd, since few of these types have been found on the territory of
Viminacium so far, and the only analogies are the ones from the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest.
These fi nds confi rm the widespread opinion about these mirrors not having been used as cosmetic
or toilet articles, but as cult/apotropaic objects.
PB - Belgrade : Center for New Technology Viminacium
PB - Belgrade : Institute for Archaeology
T2 - Arheologija i prirodne nauke / Archaeology and Science
T1 - A new find of lead mirror frames from Rit (Viminacium)
EP - 21
SP - 9
VL - 11
DO - 10.18485/arhe_apn.2015.11.1
ER -
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year = "2015",
abstract = "Eleven miniature lead mirror frames were discovered during the protective archaeological excavations
of Viminacium in 2015, at the Rit site. The frames were found in a ditch probably used at fi rst as a
canal for drainage and was fi lled with waste material during the cleaning of the necropolis afterwards.
Some of the mirrors represent a unique fi nd, since few of these types have been found on the territory of
Viminacium so far, and the only analogies are the ones from the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest.
These fi nds confi rm the widespread opinion about these mirrors not having been used as cosmetic
or toilet articles, but as cult/apotropaic objects.",
publisher = "Belgrade : Center for New Technology Viminacium, Belgrade : Institute for Archaeology",
journal = "Arheologija i prirodne nauke / Archaeology and Science",
title = "A new find of lead mirror frames from Rit (Viminacium)",
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Milovanović, B., Marjanović, M.,& Kosanović, I.. (2015). A new find of lead mirror frames from Rit (Viminacium). in Arheologija i prirodne nauke / Archaeology and Science
Belgrade : Center for New Technology Viminacium., 11, 9-21.
https://doi.org/10.18485/arhe_apn.2015.11.1
Milovanović B, Marjanović M, Kosanović I. A new find of lead mirror frames from Rit (Viminacium). in Arheologija i prirodne nauke / Archaeology and Science. 2015;11:9-21.
doi:10.18485/arhe_apn.2015.11.1 .
Milovanović, Bebina, Marjanović, Milica, Kosanović, Ivana, "A new find of lead mirror frames from Rit (Viminacium)" in Arheologija i prirodne nauke / Archaeology and Science, 11 (2015):9-21,
https://doi.org/10.18485/arhe_apn.2015.11.1 . .
