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Archaeological Collection

Pottery

Pottery
Item name:Pottery
Dating:Late 5th and 6th c.
Findspot:Ajdovski gradec above Vranje near Sevnica
On display:On display in the Permanent Exhibition

Description


Pottery mainly consisted of locally made jars and dishes, some of them (5, 7) must have been made by someone not adept at the craft of pottery making. Rare imported vessels, such as small amphorae from the eastern Mediterranean (17–19), testify to connections with distant places. Vessels with stamped decoration (8, 9) connect the settlement with the Lombards, namely during their kingdom in the western Pannonian plain (526-568).


Details

1. Jar, h. 36.5 cm, House B, Inv. No. R 11818.

2. Jar, h. 22.8 cm, House A, Inv. No. R 11707.

3. Jar, h. 25 cm, House E, Inv. No. R 16329.

4. Jar, h. 27.5 cm, House G, Inv. No. R 14643.

5. Jar, h. 18.8 cm, House G, Inv. No. R 14641.

6. Dish, h. 9.9 cm, House E, Inv. No. R 16332.

7. Jar, h. 12.6 cm, House G, Inv. No. R 14502.

8. Jug, h. 16 cm, House A, Inv. No. R 11706.

9. Jug, h. 16 cm, House A, Inv. No. R 11705.

10. Jar, h. 10.9 cm, House E, Inv. No. R 14785.

11. Lid, h. 6.6 cm, House E, Inv. No. R 14696.

12. Dish, h. 6.8 cm, House A, Inv. No. R 11723.

13. Jug, h. 12 cm, House G, Inv. No. R 14640.

14. Dish, h. 7.8 cm, House F, Inv. No. R 19928.

15. Beaker, h. 4.8 cm, House F, Inv. No. R 19929.

16. Lid, h. 3.8 cm, House A, Inv. No. R 11716.

17. Small amphora (spatheion), h. 42.8 cm, House B, Inv. No. R 11819.

18. Small amphora (spatheion), h. 44.8 cm, House A, Inv. No. R 11709.

19. Small amphora (spatheion), h. 41 cm, House G, Inv. No. R 14648.


Further reading


Knific, Timotej in Nabergoj, Tomaž, 2016: Medieval Stories from the Crossroads, Ljubljana, Fig. 36, pp. 29-34, 220.


On display in the Permanent Exhibition