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MAREA

EGYPT

and Sarachane. Similar material from
many sites in the northern Black Sea
littoral is noteworthy.14) Large quantities
TOILET
Only a few fragments of toilet bottles came
to light, unlike the previous season when
they had constituted a predominant
category. The glass was very thin, pale
yellow, transparent and translucent. All of
the vessels were free blown with the
exception of one sherd, which belonged to

of the form have also been noted in
excavations at the legionary camp in
Novae (Bulgaria).15*
BOTTLES
a bottle blown into a mould at the
beginning of the manufacturing process.
Faint vertical ribbing may have covered
the body. The closest parallels for the
specimen from Marea are offered by
fragments from Kom el-Dikka,16* Rome17*
and Jerash.18*

14) Y. Ivachenko, “Le Verre Proto-Byzantin. Recherches en Russie (1980-1990)”, in: ed. D. Foy, Le verre de L' Antiquite
Tardive et du Haut Moyen Age (Val d'Oise 1995), 321, 326, fig. 8.
15) G. Dankowa, “Kieliszki i unguentaria z Novae. Materialy do katalogu”, Novensia 6 (1993), 81-89, 93-117, pis. I-VI;
J. Olczak, “Szklo rzymskie z terenu komendantury w Novae”, Novensia 8 (1995), 59-81, figs. 2-4.
16) Rodziewicz, op. cit., see note 8, 439, pi- 74, 386.
17) M. Sternini, “Reperti in Vetro da un deposito tardoantico sul colle Palatino”, JGS 43 (2001), 59-60, fig. 15:156.
18) O. Doussart, Le verre en Jordanie et en Syrie du Sud (Beyrouth 1998), 282, pi. 42, no. 36; 286, pi. 46, nos. 18-19-

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