Stamped clay oil lamps from the roman cremation necropolis of Tăul Corna. Preliminary considerations Cover Image

Opaiţele ştampilate din necropola romană de incineraţie de la Tăul Corna. Consideraţii preliminare.
Stamped clay oil lamps from the roman cremation necropolis of Tăul Corna. Preliminary considerations

Author(s): Ionuț Bocan, Adrian Ursuţiu, Sorin Cociş
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: MUZEUL NAȚIONAL DE ISTORIE A ROMÂNIEI
Keywords: Cremation; funerary complexes; lamps; necropolis; stamps;

Summary/Abstract: The present paper is dedicated to the preliminary analysis of a special category of archaeological material of the funerary inventory of the cremation necropolis of Tăul Cornii, Roşia Montană, Alba county. Clay oil lamps bears a special place in the framework of indicated funerary complexes of the inventories from the this necropolis, both from the point of view of the deposits occurrence, as well as — like hereunder — from the one of the manufacturers stamps attested here. The total number of lamps amounts to 278, out of which 93 with stamps. Among this lot, 48 have illegible stamps, thus they were analyzed only from the perspective of their ranging within the typological series prevailing in the necropolis. The repertory of stamps is composed by AGILIS, APRIO, CAI, CASSI, FAOR, FESTI, FORTIS, MURRI, OCTAVI, OPTATI, STROBILI, VETTI.

  • Issue Year: XV/2008
  • Issue No: 14-15
  • Page Range: 203-221
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian