Miniature architectural elements in the coroplastic workshop at Ostrov (Durostorum), farm 4, Constanța County (preliminary research)
Miniature architectural elements in the coroplastic workshop at Ostrov (Durostorum), farm 4, Constanța County (preliminary research)

Summary/Abstract: The Roman settlement at Ostrov, Farm 4 (Constanța County), although systematically investigated since 1990, is known to the scientific world, thanks to numerous discoveries made since the mid-50s of the last century. The collapse of the Danube bank led to the discovery and research of 19 pottery kilns and numerous clay and waste pits, with a rich and very varied material (pottery, terracotta, lamps, bronze and glass pieces, coins, etc.) indicating the settlement at Ostrov as one with intense and diversified craft activity. Systematic research has confirmed those data, bringing in addition to the three buildings under investigation a rich archaeological material. Among these, the terracottas stand out, with more than 500 pieces already published and another 500 being processed. The large number of pieces has allowed typological classification, one of them being miniature architecture. In this category have been integrated: pediments, columns, fragments of niches or aedicules. The craftsmen’s care in rendering the specific details of the architecture can be seen, so as to reproduce the architectural styles known in stone. The fragments preserved and catalogued are part of larger complexes such as miniature temples or niches/aedicules used in practices and rituals specific to the Roman world.

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