Un lot de opaițe descoperit la Capidava pe (sector curtinele A, B și C)
An assemblage of lamps found at Capidava on the curtain walls A, B and C

Summary/Abstract: In the present study, the authors present a batch of 15 clay oil lamps from the collection of the Museum of National History and Archeology in Constanța, discovered at Capidava in 2015 during the restoration project of the site. The lot is divided into six categories (13 lamps) very well known in the late Roman and early Byzantine times in the province of Scythia, as well as in the neighboring provinces. In the seventh category, varia, two fragments were introduced that could not be classified typologically. The ratio of imports to provincial/local production is rather inequitable, with the weight being higher for local centres. It is important to note that many of the lamps are local imitations of the well-known types originating in Asia Minor from Miletus and Ephesus, or from the North African area, with centers in Egypt and Tunisia. The flourishing trade, but especially the exchanges of annona-type goods specific to the 6th century AD for the quaestura Iustiniana exercitus, can also be observed in the material presented in the present study.

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