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Lamps from the foundation pits (fossae) in the principia of the castrum of Novae

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Chrzanovski L.

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

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2019

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vol. 28(1)

263-295

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Oil lamps found in foundation pits excavated on the site of the first principia in the Roman fortress of Novae (ŠviŠtov, Bulgaria), built shortly after AD 69, are part of the waste discarded by a legion which manned the site for the previous quarter of a century, starting from AD 45. These lighting devices provide essential information on the supply chain of the legionary camp of Novae before 71, when the pits were ultimately filled. The assemblage illustrates the high quality of the materials sent to the legion, including exclusive imports mainly from Italy and Asia Minor, but also from the Aegean world and South Pannonia. It further underscores the fact that military supply chains in the 1st century AD did not follow the easiest and shorter routes and, as regards lamps, frequently ignored much closer and already active lamp-producing centers.

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Roman wheel-made lamps from Carthago Nova: an illuminating cult vessel?

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Quevedo A.

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

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2019

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vol. 28(1)

45-54

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The lychnological material from Roman Hispania includes a little-known type of wheel-made oil lamp that has recently been studied for the first time: a form of small dimensions, produced between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD. Most of the known finds are from Cartagena, hence the idea that the type may have originated from this harbor. The paper reviews the available data on this lamp production and suggests a specific functionality for the type based on some peculiar characteristics.

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Mola asinaria and mola jumentaria, or the representations of "Pompeii-type" grain millstones on Imperial lamps

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Malagoli C.

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

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2019

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vol. 28(1)

89-104

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In the field of lychnological studies, recent decades of research have offered a huge number of monographs presenting thousands of lamps. Despite this exponentially growing body of data, iconographical studies are in regress compared to other themes reaching beyond simple corpus catalogs. This paper focuses on an interesting yet unstudied Roman discus-lamp motif: the equid-driven mill. Among the representations one can easily distinguish mills driven by a donkey (mola asinaria) and by a horse (mola jumentaria). The practically exhaustive catalog of lamps adorned with those two representations is followed by a discussion of the geographical and chronological frame for each of the types.

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Isiac lamps from Alexandria and other provinces: some comparisons

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Podvin J.-L.

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

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2019

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vol. 28(1)

105-124

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This research examines representations of deities on lamps that reflect Hellenistic syncretic processes that led to the refashioning of Pharaonic gods by the addition of Greek attributes. The different rendering of deities representing specifically the “Isiac cults” on Roman lamps produced in Egypt is discussed in an effort to outline the major differences between how the homeland gods were depicted as compared to deitieds privileged in other parts of the Roman Empire. The article is a synthesis of the exhaustive work of Tran tam Tinh on the lamps from Alexandria and the present author’s recent monograph on Isiac scenes on lamp discuses from outside Egypt.

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Lamps from the foundation pits (fossae) in the principia of the castrum of Novae

Roman wheel-made lamps from Carthago Nova: an illuminating cult vessel?

Mola asinaria and mola jumentaria, or the representations of "Pompeii-type" grain millstones on Imperial lamps

Isiac lamps from Alexandria and other provinces: some comparisons