Chemical analyses on Roman and Late Antique glass finds from the Lower Danube: the case of Tropaeum Traiani

Bugoi, Roxana; Panaite, Adriana; Alexandrescu, Cristina-Georgeta

doi:10.1007/s12520-021-01310-7

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“…Recently published data on Late Antique vitreous finds from Tropaeum Traiani (Bugoi, Panaite, & Alexandrescu, 2021) indicated a clear prevalence of Série 2.1 and Série 3.2 of Foy; just a few fragments of Levantine provenance were identified in that sample set.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…This relatively rarely encountered type of glass was identified in finds from the North Adriatic region (Maltoni et al, 2018) or in sites from the territory of nowadays Serbia (Balvanovi c & Šmit, 2020) and Bulgaria (Cholakova & Rehren, 2018), and also in the nearby site Tropaeum Traiani (Bugoi, Panaite, & Alexandrescu, 2021).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The PGAA results were compared to those on other Roman and Late Antique vitreous finds discovered in several relatively close archaeological sites, most of them from the Scythia Minor province (Bugoi, Panaite, & Alexandrescu, 2021;Bugoi, Talmat ¸chi, et al, 2021;Stawiarska, 2014). However, for each case, one must keep in mind the differences in the sampling strategy and/or chronology; for example, in some situations there was no precise information about the finding place of the artefacts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Until recently, the chemical composition of Roman and Late Antique glass finds discovered in archaeological sites located on the western coast of the Black Sea or the Lower Danube region was rarely studied (Bugoi, Talmaţchi, et al, 2021; Bugoi, Ţarlea, et al, 2021; Bugoi, Alexandrescu, & Panaite, 2018; Bugoi, Panaite, & Alexandrescu, 2021; Cholakova, 2015; Cholakova & Rehren, 2018; Cholakova et al, 2016; Stawiarska, 2014). The number of archaeometric publications on ancient glass artefacts excavated in Romania is not too large either (Bugoi et al, 2013, 2016, 2020; Bugoi & Mureşan, 2021; Bugoi, Poll, et al, 2018).…”

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Chemical analyses on late antique glass finds from Histria, Romania

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This paper reports the chemical composition of 36 glass finds from Histria, Romania, mainly dated to the Late Antique period (4th–6th c. AD) obtained by Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA) at the Budapest Neutron Centre (BNC). Histria glass fragments were identified as Série 2.1, Série 3.2, and Série 3.3 of Foy, HIMT, Roman, and Sb decolorized. Most of the analyzed objects were manufactured from glass originating in Egyptian primary workshops. These analytical results are an additional proof for the trade connection of Histria with the rest of the Roman Empire.

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Transparency at its best: neutrons probing archaeological glass finds from Romania

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This paper demonstrates the suitability of Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA) technique for the compositional study of ancient glass finds, illustrating this idea by presenting and commenting the chemical composition of 41 Roman glass fragments discovered in archaeological excavations at Tomis, Histria, and Beidaud, Romania. According to typological and stratigraphic criteria, most finds were dated to the 1st-4th centuries AD. The PGAA measurements were performed at the Budapest Neutron Centre (BNC), Hungary. Regardless of their color (or the lack of it), most of the analyzed vitreous items have compositional traits often encountered in coeval glass artefacts discovered at various sites all over the Roman Empire. The sample set turned out to include several examples of Foy Série 2.1 and a single HIMT glass item, in agreement with the later chronological attribution of the corresponding fragments. This study provides some information about the chemistry of the Roman glass finds unearthed during the archaeological research performed in the region of the western Black Sea coast.

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