Fine tableware and clay lamps from the seabed of Ortopla

Abstract

U ovom su radu izneseni rezultati istraživanja i analiza na finom stolnom posuđu i svjetiljkama s podmorskog arheološkog istraživanja Ortople. Lokalitet se nalazio u rimskoj provinciji Dalmaciji, a danas je u blizini Jablanca, a naziva se Stinica. Iako ovo antičko naselje spominju brojni izvori, Ortopla nikada nije bila predmet sustavnih niti zaštitnih arheoloških istraživanja. Prvo zaštitno istraživanje izveo je 2009. godine Hrvatski restauratorski zavod, Odjel za podvodnu arheologiju. Iz sondi je izvađen raznoliki arheološki materijal koji se može pripisati antičkom periodu, a najveću skupinu sačinjava upravo stolno posuđe: pronađena je italska sigilata, južnogalska sigilata, istočna sigilata B i afrička sigilata. Od keramike tankih stijenki pronađeni su primjerci koji se mogu pripisati radionicama u Italiji. Pronađena su i tri tipa rimskih svjetiljki: Loeschcke I/ Iványi I, Loeschcke IX/ Iványi XVI i Loeschcke X/ Iványi XVII, svaki od njih predstavlja tipičan oblik raširen diljem Carstva.This paper presents the results of the analysis of fine tableware and lamps from the underwater archaeological excavation at Ortopla. The site was part of the Roman province of Dalmatia, near Jablanac today, and is called Stinica. Even though this Antiquity settlement is mentioned by numerous sources, Ortopla has never been the subject of research led or development led excavations. The first rescue excavation was carried out in 2009 by the Croatian Conservation Institute, Department for Underwater Archaeology, under the direction of Igor Miholjek. The excavation area produced various archaeological finds that can be dated to the Antiquity period, and most of the assemblage consists of tableware: Arretine ware, South Gaulish samian ware, Eastern Sigillata B, and African Red Slip ware. Fragments of thin-walled ware were also found, and they can be attributed to Italian workshops. Three types of Roman lamps were also excavated: Loeschcke I/ Iványi I, Loeschcke IX/ Iványi XVI and Loeschcke X/ Iványi XVII, each of them representing a typical form widely spread throughout the Empire