I am an archaeologist at the National Museum of Transylvanian History in Cluj Napoca, Romania and my main research interest is focused on Hellenistic and Early Roman pottery in Black Sea region and the connection of the La Tène civilisation from the nord of Danube with the Hellenistic and Roman world.
The form and stylistic details of some vessels discovered in Brad and Răcătău settlements dated i... more The form and stylistic details of some vessels discovered in Brad and Răcătău settlements dated in 1st century BC – 1st century AD, known in Romanian archaeological literature as ritual vessels with zoomorphic protomes or parallelepipedic vessels with zoomorphic protomes, have none analogies in the indigenous repertory of vessels. The Hellenistic plastic vessels or, more specific, ram-shaped Knidian reliefs have been identified as source of inspiration. Another vessel discovered in Răcătău, known as the ritual barrel-shaped vessel or the rider-shaped vessel, is also suspected to have Hellenistic models as source of inspiration. The research of Hellenistic and Roman pottery that circulated north of the Danube during the period between the 2nd century BC and the beginning of the 2nd century AD allows me to make certain observations on the presence of oinophora on Geto-Dacian sites and on their possible impact on local production.
The article presents a lot of 68 ceramic fragments in the National Museum of Antiquities patrimon... more The article presents a lot of 68 ceramic fragments in the National Museum of Antiquities patrimony which were apparently discovered at Zimnicea in the 1924 campaign. The identified forms, the production centres / production areas and their chronology open the possibility that Zimnicea was also inhabited in Roman times, sometime during the 2 nd-3 rd centuries AD. Rezumat: În articol este prezentat un lot de 68 de fragmente ceramice aflate în patrimonial Muzeului National de Antichităţi care, după toate aparenţele, au fost descoperite la Zimnicea, în campania din 1924. Formele identificate, centrele/zonele de producţie şi datarea lor lasă deschisă posibilitatea ca Zimnicea să fi fost locuită şi în perioadă romană, cândva pe parcursul secolelor II-III AD.
Slope, appliqué vessels, Hellenistic mouldmade bowls and related ware, lagynoi ware, lead glazed ... more Slope, appliqué vessels, Hellenistic mouldmade bowls and related ware, lagynoi ware, lead glazed vessels, sigillata. Abstract: Th e article presents Micro-Asian vessels from the second century B.C. until the end of the fi rst century A.D. discovered on Geto-Dacian sites. Th e lot of Micro-Asian vessels under analysis consists of 171 items discovered on the Geto-Dacian sites in Barboşi, and Răcătău. Th e material was examined in order to identify the centres of production, the characteristics of each center's specifi c products, and the dating of the items. Th e results allowed several preliminary observations on the spread of Micro-Asian vessels in pre-Roman Dacia. Rezumat: Articolul prezintă veselă microasiatică din sec. II a. Chr. – I p. Chr. descoperită în siturile geto-dacice. Lotul de veselă microasiatică analizat este compus din 171 de piese descoperite în siturile geto-dacice de la Barboși, Bâtca-Doamnei, Bedehaza, Bordușani, Brad, Brăiliţa, București, Grădiștea, Pietroasele Gruiu-Dării, Piscul-Crăsanilor, Poiana, Popești și Răcătău. Materialul a fost examinat urmărindu-se identifi carea centrelor de producţie, caracterizarea produselor specifi ce fi ecărui centru și datarea pieselor. Rezultatele au permis câteva observaţii preliminare privind pătrunderea veselei microasiatice în Dacia-preromană. Starting with the second century B.C. one can note an affl ux of Hellenistic and Roman pottery in pre-Roman Dacia, with an ascending trend until the end of the fi rst century A.D. and the beginning of the second century A.D. Having the possibility to analyse directly the Hellenistic and Roman pottery discovered on several Geto-Dacian sites, I was able to identify its sources of production. 1 One of the most important source was Minor Asia, in particular the workshops in Pergamum and those that produced pottery under their infl uence. Following the distribution of discovered shapes according to workshops, their dating, and distribution on each site, one can formulate several preliminary observations on the introduction of Micro-Asian pottery in pre-Roman Dacia, the distribution routes, and the connections to the production centres. Th e lot of Micro-Asian vessels that I was able to identify consists of 171 items, 2 mainly preserved in fragmentary state, discovered on the Geto-Dacian sites in Barboşi, Bâtca-Doamnei, Bedehaza, Borduşani, Brad, Brăiliţa, Bucureşti, Grădiştea, Pietroasele Gruiu-Dării, Piscul-Crăsanilor, Poiana, Popeşti, and Răcătău (Fig.1). Besides the items under direct analysis, I also included several items from literature that, according to their published photographs and drawings, I was able to determine. 3 1 Th e article presents several observations developed in a forthcoming study focusing on Hellenistic and Roman pottery discovered in pre-Roman Dacia (Popescu forthcoming). Th is is based on the analysis of a lot of ca. 700 entire and fragmentarily preserved items, most directly examined, with very few items only known from literature included in the database. 2 Some of the items under analysis are presented here for the fi rst time, others have been published:
A new drinking vessel, called kantharos throughout the present article, was produced in the Geto-... more A new drinking vessel, called kantharos throughout the present article, was produced in the Geto-Dacian workshops starting with the second century B.C., following direct contacts with fine pottery from Asia Minor and the Pontus. A lot of ca. 1100 such items were discovered in the settlement from Brad (Bacău County) during the archaeological excavations performed between 1963 and 1984. In the site's monograph V. Ursachi stated that Greek and then Roman shapes were imitated in the local workshops , but he made no explicit connection between the imitations and the originals presumed as models for the first. The comparative study of the Asia Minor and Pontus drinking vessels and those discovered in Brad with locally produced kantharoi reveals possible models and helps determine the start of local production. Rezumat: Începând cu secolul al II-lea a. Chr., ca urmare a contactului nemijlocit cu vesela ceramică fină microasiatică şi pontică, în atelierele geto-dacice este produs un nou vas pentru băut, denumit pe parcursul articolului kantharos. În aşezarea de la Brad (jud. Bacău) a fost descoperit, în cursul săpăturilor arheologice realizate între anii 1963 şi 1984, un lot de aproximativ 1100 de piese. V. Ursachi, în monografia sitului, precizează că în atelierele locale sunt imitate forme greceşti şi, mai apoi, romane, dar fără a face vreo legătură explicită între imitaţii şi vase originale, prezumtive modele. Studiul comparativ al veselei de băut microasiatice şi pontice descoperite la Brad cu kantharoi de producție locală pune în lumină posibile modele şi ajută la precizarea debutului producției locale.
The form and stylistic details of some vessels discovered in Brad and Răcătău settlements dated i... more The form and stylistic details of some vessels discovered in Brad and Răcătău settlements dated in 1st century BC – 1st century AD, known in Romanian archaeological literature as ritual vessels with zoomorphic protomes or parallelepipedic vessels with zoomorphic protomes, have none analogies in the indigenous repertory of vessels. The Hellenistic plastic vessels or, more specific, ram-shaped Knidian reliefs have been identified as source of inspiration. Another vessel discovered in Răcătău, known as the ritual barrel-shaped vessel or the rider-shaped vessel, is also suspected to have Hellenistic models as source of inspiration. The research of Hellenistic and Roman pottery that circulated north of the Danube during the period between the 2nd century BC and the beginning of the 2nd century AD allows me to make certain observations on the presence of oinophora on Geto-Dacian sites and on their possible impact on local production.
The article presents a lot of 68 ceramic fragments in the National Museum of Antiquities patrimon... more The article presents a lot of 68 ceramic fragments in the National Museum of Antiquities patrimony which were apparently discovered at Zimnicea in the 1924 campaign. The identified forms, the production centres / production areas and their chronology open the possibility that Zimnicea was also inhabited in Roman times, sometime during the 2 nd-3 rd centuries AD. Rezumat: În articol este prezentat un lot de 68 de fragmente ceramice aflate în patrimonial Muzeului National de Antichităţi care, după toate aparenţele, au fost descoperite la Zimnicea, în campania din 1924. Formele identificate, centrele/zonele de producţie şi datarea lor lasă deschisă posibilitatea ca Zimnicea să fi fost locuită şi în perioadă romană, cândva pe parcursul secolelor II-III AD.
Slope, appliqué vessels, Hellenistic mouldmade bowls and related ware, lagynoi ware, lead glazed ... more Slope, appliqué vessels, Hellenistic mouldmade bowls and related ware, lagynoi ware, lead glazed vessels, sigillata. Abstract: Th e article presents Micro-Asian vessels from the second century B.C. until the end of the fi rst century A.D. discovered on Geto-Dacian sites. Th e lot of Micro-Asian vessels under analysis consists of 171 items discovered on the Geto-Dacian sites in Barboşi, and Răcătău. Th e material was examined in order to identify the centres of production, the characteristics of each center's specifi c products, and the dating of the items. Th e results allowed several preliminary observations on the spread of Micro-Asian vessels in pre-Roman Dacia. Rezumat: Articolul prezintă veselă microasiatică din sec. II a. Chr. – I p. Chr. descoperită în siturile geto-dacice. Lotul de veselă microasiatică analizat este compus din 171 de piese descoperite în siturile geto-dacice de la Barboși, Bâtca-Doamnei, Bedehaza, Bordușani, Brad, Brăiliţa, București, Grădiștea, Pietroasele Gruiu-Dării, Piscul-Crăsanilor, Poiana, Popești și Răcătău. Materialul a fost examinat urmărindu-se identifi carea centrelor de producţie, caracterizarea produselor specifi ce fi ecărui centru și datarea pieselor. Rezultatele au permis câteva observaţii preliminare privind pătrunderea veselei microasiatice în Dacia-preromană. Starting with the second century B.C. one can note an affl ux of Hellenistic and Roman pottery in pre-Roman Dacia, with an ascending trend until the end of the fi rst century A.D. and the beginning of the second century A.D. Having the possibility to analyse directly the Hellenistic and Roman pottery discovered on several Geto-Dacian sites, I was able to identify its sources of production. 1 One of the most important source was Minor Asia, in particular the workshops in Pergamum and those that produced pottery under their infl uence. Following the distribution of discovered shapes according to workshops, their dating, and distribution on each site, one can formulate several preliminary observations on the introduction of Micro-Asian pottery in pre-Roman Dacia, the distribution routes, and the connections to the production centres. Th e lot of Micro-Asian vessels that I was able to identify consists of 171 items, 2 mainly preserved in fragmentary state, discovered on the Geto-Dacian sites in Barboşi, Bâtca-Doamnei, Bedehaza, Borduşani, Brad, Brăiliţa, Bucureşti, Grădiştea, Pietroasele Gruiu-Dării, Piscul-Crăsanilor, Poiana, Popeşti, and Răcătău (Fig.1). Besides the items under direct analysis, I also included several items from literature that, according to their published photographs and drawings, I was able to determine. 3 1 Th e article presents several observations developed in a forthcoming study focusing on Hellenistic and Roman pottery discovered in pre-Roman Dacia (Popescu forthcoming). Th is is based on the analysis of a lot of ca. 700 entire and fragmentarily preserved items, most directly examined, with very few items only known from literature included in the database. 2 Some of the items under analysis are presented here for the fi rst time, others have been published:
A new drinking vessel, called kantharos throughout the present article, was produced in the Geto-... more A new drinking vessel, called kantharos throughout the present article, was produced in the Geto-Dacian workshops starting with the second century B.C., following direct contacts with fine pottery from Asia Minor and the Pontus. A lot of ca. 1100 such items were discovered in the settlement from Brad (Bacău County) during the archaeological excavations performed between 1963 and 1984. In the site's monograph V. Ursachi stated that Greek and then Roman shapes were imitated in the local workshops , but he made no explicit connection between the imitations and the originals presumed as models for the first. The comparative study of the Asia Minor and Pontus drinking vessels and those discovered in Brad with locally produced kantharoi reveals possible models and helps determine the start of local production. Rezumat: Începând cu secolul al II-lea a. Chr., ca urmare a contactului nemijlocit cu vesela ceramică fină microasiatică şi pontică, în atelierele geto-dacice este produs un nou vas pentru băut, denumit pe parcursul articolului kantharos. În aşezarea de la Brad (jud. Bacău) a fost descoperit, în cursul săpăturilor arheologice realizate între anii 1963 şi 1984, un lot de aproximativ 1100 de piese. V. Ursachi, în monografia sitului, precizează că în atelierele locale sunt imitate forme greceşti şi, mai apoi, romane, dar fără a face vreo legătură explicită între imitaţii şi vase originale, prezumtive modele. Studiul comparativ al veselei de băut microasiatice şi pontice descoperite la Brad cu kantharoi de producție locală pune în lumină posibile modele şi ajută la precizarea debutului producției locale.
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