Glassware from the Excavations at the Sector R-23 of Pontic Olbia

Abstract

As part of research on site R-23 of the Roman citadel of Olbia in 2016–2018 and 2021, more than 100 fragments of glass vessels of Roman and Late Roman times have been found. The article analyses the most informative forms and also considers the technological methods for manufacturing vessels. The finds are divided into two chronological groups. The first group are the tableware of the Roman time (1st – the middle of the 3rd centuries), the second group includes vessels of the period of Late Antiquity (4th–5th centuries), which can be correlated with the residential and utility complex of the culture discovered at this site.

Keywords

• Northern Black Sea region
• Olbia
• Roman period
• Late Roman period
• glass vessels
• Cherniakhiv culture