The So-Called “Sunburst Lamps” Found in Apsaros
The So-Called “Sunburst Lamps” Found in Apsaros

Author(s): Maria Jaworska
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Black Sea; Apsaros; oil lamps; Roman lamps; sunburst lamps; ribbed lamps
Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the analysis of two fragments of clay oil lamps discovered during Polish-Georgian excavations carried out in the Roman fort of Apsaros (modern Gonio, Georgia). These fragments deserve special attention as they lead to considerations about the history of the last phase of the Roman fort’s operation - before its destruction in the middle of the 3rd century CE. They differ significantly from the rest of the group of lamps and fragments discovered at the site both in terms of typology and morphology.

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