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Illuminating the way: Later Roman factory lamp from a grave context in Crikvenica

During excavations in the south-western part of Crikvenica’s figlina, in the area behind the largest kiln, two inhumation burials were unearthed. Grave 1 (G1) was largely devastated but Grave 2 (G2) was found intact. The grave goods in G2 were laid close to the deceased’s right side and on the body. Close to the hip were located a pearl of the »trilobitenperlen« type and a factory lamp with a bronze needle placed in its filling hole, a jug was located at some distance from the feet and a nail was recovered placed on the chest. The grave is dated to the 2nd half of the 3rd and the 4th century AD. The lamp with the tool in the filling hole gave us the opportunity to discuss the secondary usage of metal objects, in this case as a tool probably used for wick regulation.

Roman Dalmatia; Crikvenica; Ad Turres; graves; Roman pottery; factory lamp; needle; trilobitenperlen pearl

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