'Put the lights on': Early Byzantine stemmed goblets and lamps from the Acropolis Centre-South Sector in Histria (I)

Abstract

This paper is intended to be the first in a short series presenting the glass goblets and lamps found in the Acropolis Centre-South Sector (ACS) from Histria/Istros (Romania). The items presented here were found during the 2013-2016 archaeological campaigns and belong to the category of goblets on folded stemmed foot (Isings form 111), being mainly dated, based on type, context and associations, to the 6th century – beginning of the 7th century AD.

Keywords

• romania
• dobrogea
• black sea
• early byzantine
• stemmed goblets
• histria
• antiquity
• lower danube