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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

A late Roman oil lamp from Ajdovščina–Castra

2019, 28, No. 1

Ana Kovačič

Independent researcher

DOI

10.31338/uw.2083-537X.pam28.1.15

Publication date

31.12.2019

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

Discipline

archeology

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

Over a hundred fragments of clay oil lamps from the Roman period were discovered in the foundations of five buildings dating from the middle to late imperial periods, during rescue excavations from 2017 to 2019 carried out at a Roman-period site in Ajdovščina (Fluvio Frigido/Castra). This presentation concentrates on a fragment of lamp with decoration on the discus, interpreted as a tabernacle flanked by two columns topped with human busts or the tomb of Lazarus flanked by two columns topped with human busts.

Keywords:

Slovenia,Ajdovščina–Castra,late Roman oil lamp

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