2019

Novensia

Rocznik: 2019 | Tom: 30

artykuł naukowy

angielski

EN Fragmentarily preserved vessels of Late Roman red slip wares imported from distant production centres: Pontic, Aegean and North African, selected from the pottery materials collected during the excavations carried out recently near Basilica A in Tropaeum Traiani, were analyzed and discussed in order to obtain important chronological indicators for the studies on the identified contexts, and to show the significance of the location of the investigated settlement at the crossroads of the two principal communication lines in Scythia Minor for the inland distribution of commodities imported from overseas. The highest class red slip pottery finds were divided according to the identified wares originating from different production centres, and to their specific forms. They are presented in typo-chronological sequences within the wares, while the wares are discussed according to their presence in Tropaeum Traiani: from the most numerous to the least frequently encountered finds. Altogether 132 fragments of imported Late Roman red slip ware vessels were identified. The most numerous were the imports from the Aegean workshops: Late Roman C / Phocaean Red Slip ware (98 fragments) and Late Roman Light Coloured ware (21 fragments). It is important to note that the products from the most distant workshops in Northern Africa — African Red Slip ware (10 fragments) were found more frequently than those from the north-eastern Anatolia, called Pontic Red Slip ware (5 fragments). It clearly indicates that the most significant part of the analyzed pottery was transported together with the strategically important supplies along the western coast of the Black Sea to Scythia Minor from the central part of the empire. The diachronic overview of the discussed finds shows that the first Late Roman red slip vessels began to be brought from the Aegean to Tropaeum Traiani around the late fourth or early fifth century. The significant increase of these imports took place in the second half of the fifth century and the regular overseas supplies lasted until the early seventh century, with their intensification in the first half of the sixth century. The obtained results reflect the settlement activity in and around the excavated part of Tropaeum Traiani and match the general picture of the distribution of the imported red slip vessels along the principal routes of Scythia Minor to its numerous economic and military centres, in the discussed period.

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