Rimski jantarni predmeti s Ptuja

Abstract

The Roman site with most amber objects in Slovenia is the modern town Ptuj. the Roman Colonic/ Ulpiu Traiana Poetovio. Amber objects were found there especially in graves or beside them. There are also some casual finds. At the end of the 19th century the archaeological finds f r om the Ptuj-Ormož district were brought to the Landesmuseum at Graz. A lot of amber finds f r om the Roman cemetery at Hajdina are kept there. The amber objects found in the graves of Poetovio after the foundation of the museum at Ptuj in 1893, are kept in the Pokrajinski muzej at Ptuj. The graves of Roman Poetovio with amber finds contained in most cases more than one such object. Several nicely designed rings are adorned with a head of woman or with a lying dog. In the graves of the 1st and the 2nd centuries rocks made of amber beads on bronze wire appear most often. Some finds represent rough amber pieces and pieces with traces of initial elaboration. The trade in these objects, which are very close to the products of the workshops of Aquileia, was lively here from the 1st to the 3rd centuries. Taking into consideration the finds of rough amber pieces and that Poetovio every year brings new surprises, the possibility of a local elaboration of amber objects can not be excluded.