Стомни от римската епоха (I–IV в.) от фонда на Регионален исторически музей–Враца

Jugs from the Roman period (first–fourth c. AD) from the inventory of the Regional Historical Museum – Vratsa

Abstract

In the inventory of the Regional Historical Museum – Vratsa 15 jugs from the first–fourth c. AD. are kept. The vessels are purchased from private persons. In the inventory books of the museum the find spots of the vessels are attested – Ratiaria and Turek locality near Rogozen, Vratsa area. For the vessels from Ratiaria – cat. nos 2–15, it can be theorized that they originate from grave complexes in the necropolis of Ratiaria, destroyed by treasure hunter activity. The vessel from Turek locality near Rogozen – cat. № 1, probably also came from Ratiaria, not Rogozen, because there isn’t sufficient evidence about the presence of an Antique necropolis in this locality. For the description of the jugs the typology, proposed by Desislava Avramova about the jugs from the necropolises of Ulpia Oescus was used (Аврамова 2005, 95–117). According to their characteristics, the jugs can be divided into five types: Type I – jugs with a wide, flat lip – cat. nos 1–5, Type II – jugs with a wide lip, angled towards the periphery of the vessel – cat. nos 6–7, Type III – jugs with a wide lip, angled towards the rim of the vessel – cat. nos 8–12, Type IV – jugs with a trefoil rim – cat. no. 13 and Type V – jugs with a ring-shaped rim – cat. no. 14–15. The vessels have parallels with finds from the first to fourth century in Lower Moesia, Thrace and Upper Moesia – the necropolis of Singidunum.