РАБОТИЛНИЦА ЗА СТАКЛО ВО БАРГАЛА
GLASS WORKSHOP IN BARGALA

Summary/Abstract: The town Bargala is located in the Eastern part of R. N. Macedonia, about 17 km from Štip, in the foothills of the mountain Plackovica. It is in the area of the village Goren Kozjak, on the right bank of the Kozjacka River.With the excavations in Tower 7, between 2009–2011, we increase knowledge about the economic aspects of the sector Episcopium. Inside the tower, was discovered a workshop and a furnace for glass production. Workshop’s dimensions are 12.6 x 6.3 meters, with several rooms. The built furnace, is positioned inside Tower 7, is 3,90 m long and 3,20 m wide. The furnace was based on top of a layer of fractured architectural ceramics. In a vertical section, the glass furnace can be divided in two parts. The lower part served as a furnus. The upper section has a circular base with 1,25 m diameter, gradually decreasing towards the top. In the southern part, near the surface of ceramic slabs, in a layer of loose soil and ash were discovered 5 ceramic pipes with various dimensions (7–14 cm). Next to the southwestern wall, two metal blowing tubes were discovered, one preserved to 0,40 m, and the other 0,23 m. For the furnace and the glass workshop are indications that it had a regional significance, supplying the regional population with glass products and half-products. The workshop probably existed during the 6th and the beginning of the 7th century AD. Confirmations of dating are the discovered coins, spanning from Justinian I (527–565) to Mauritius Tiberius (582–602).

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