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Glass-workshop in Mala luka on the Island of Krk, Croatia

Probes in the Archaeological zone Korintija, Bosar-Sokol in the area of Mala luka, as well as the survey of the area resulted in a series of new discoveries concerning the Late Antiquity settlement in the corresponding port. Among other things, the remains of a secondary glass workshop were discovered on the east coast of Mala Luka. Glass was mentioned by Sorić in 1882, on the occasion of his visit to Mala Luka. In Mala Luka the raw glass were found alongside with the glass waste, a larger number of different products, a large amount of ash which is the result of burning of large quantities of wood as well as glued fragments of the tempered glass combined with ceramics and parts of the kiln, which confirm the existence of the workshop (kilns). Large quantities of glassware found on the eastern coast of the gulf, in the area between its far end and the trapezoidal facility Kloštar in its centre, suggests the location in which we should look for a workshop. The most common glass products found in the area are the oil lamps with conical bottom and horizontal handles designed to be hung to the censer, as well as the footed cups. Also found are the parts of jugs, bowls and other tableware. The most common colors are various shades of green and brown as well as the colorless glass. Particularly interesting are the parts of vessels, especially multiple coil bases (piedi a filamento sovrapposto), dated to the late 4th and 5th century in Rome (Sternin) and France (Foy). The same type of bases found on the sites on the Island of Krk (Šilo-Polje), the Island of Rab (Zidine) and on the mainland just opposite the Island of Krk (Lokvišće) confirm the existence of production of this particular tableware in Mala Luka.

Korintija; Mala luka; Krk; Late Antiquity; secondary glass workshop; multiple coil bases

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