UN OPAIŢ ROMAN DIN LUT DE LA ILIŞUA (COM. URIU), JUD. BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD
A CLAY ROMAN LAMP FROM ILIŞUA (URIU VILLAGE, BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD COUNTY)
Author(s): Adrian SocaciSubject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Asociaţiunea Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român - ASTRA
Keywords: Ilişua-Arcobara; roman auxiliary fort; clay lamps; potter’s marks; moulds;
Summary/Abstract: In the summer of 2019, in Ilişua (pl. I/a), around the area of the former roman auxiliary fort (pl. I/b), I. András from Uriu/Felőr, discovered, while doing agricultural work, a clay lamp (pl. II). The object is rather well preserved and is stamped with the FORTIS acronym (the letters are 5 mm long but are almost erased). Its dimensions are the following: length = 7,5 cm; diameter of the oil basin = 5 cm; diameter of the base = 3,5 cm; height = 3 cm. The artefact from Ilişua appears to be a quality copy, manufactured in a local or provincial specialized ceramic workshop. We believe that the roman lamp was made somewhere around the 2nd of 3rd century A.D.
Journal: Arhiva Someşană
- Issue Year: XIX/2020
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 165-172
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Romanian