Bulletin du Croupe de travail europeen sur l'artisanat et les productions man ufactu rees dans l'Antiquite n°l5 juin 2002 Editorial Where do we go from here ? ; is 8 years old and doing well.The if-Bulletin is now in the competent hands of our Joint Secretary, Isabelle Bertrand, who is clearly maintaining the high standards set in previous issues. The publication of the jWA<«»e«»^<»«-Bibliography early this year is a magnificent achievement, thanks to the hard work 9ttjÄ4utte*ä444n 15 2 Roman Mithraism : the evidence of the Small Finds 10 Ivory folding-knife handle from Silchester (G-B)..............................................................................I I Diplomes universitaires 11 MGM18 Applique de fourreau de glaive augusteen de Saintes (F, Char.-Maritlme) 12 Colloques I Conferences 13 Mandeure (F, Doubs) : une rare inscription peinte sur ampnore..................................................14 Neue Erkenntnisse zu den Terrakotta- Unguentaria durch regionale Studien (T) 14 Exposition 18 Giubiasco (CH.Tessln), tombe 330 : casque ou seau !................................................................................19 Une applique de brasero en bronze (F. Herault)....................................................................................................20 Sous presse / in print 2 i Schildbuckel mit eingepunzten Inschriften von Karaagač (Bul)..............................22 Trieste (I), Le Arti di Efesto 23 Colloques I Conferences 23 Une production de tubuli moules en Gaule meridionale..........................................................................24 Deux decors de chars gallo-romains de Roujan (F, Herault)............................................................26 Diplömes universitaires 27 Iron combs for wool or flax processing 27 Un taureau tricorne decouvert sur la commune de I'Albenc (F, Isere)................................30 Petite annonce 30 Fermeture ä vis pour une fibule "cruciforme"..................................................................................................31 Bemerkungen zu kleinasiaiischen Venuskunkeln................................................................................................31 D^ömes universitaires 33 Two bone styli from an Augustan complex in Kranj (SI)..................................................................34 L^^He et ses dechets dans le monde romain. Rebuts et recyclages 35 Exposition 35 Oberdrauburg (Ö, Kärnten) : Zur Verwertur^ von Marmorabfall aus römischen Seinbrüchen......................................................36 Ein emaillierter Bronzebeschlag aus Töging am Inn......................................................................................37 Ccrftoques / Conferences 37 A Late Republican bone pendant from the Münsterhügel In Basel (CH)....................39 Exposition 39 Ein bronzener Klappmaßstab aus Virunum..........................................................................................................41 Expositions 41 Decouvertes recentes / Recent finds 42 Nos liens favoris Sur le Web ... 43 Expositions (suite) 44 and dedication of our successive Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Treasurers over the years since 1994, but in particular to our indefatigable Secretary, Michel Feugere, the "Father of Instrumentum" whith Rupert Gebhard. At the same time, the incredibly rapid publication of the Acts of the meeting in Erpeldange last October, Monographie l)MiuumfiiMm 20, is a testament to that equally indefatigable archaeological publisher, Monique Mergoil, and to the commitment of the conference organiser, our current President, Michel Polfer. Also thanks to Dr Polfer and his team the CRAFTS project is also beginning to take real shape, with some university and museum staff across Europe now able to spend a specific amount of hours per week/month compiling the necessary data. The next project meeting will be hosted by the Swiss team at Augst on the 2lst-24th November 2002. So what next ! A look at how our membership breaks down by country shows that there is still much work to be done in that respect. Perhaps not surprisingly, given the inception Q^ JnÜmmeidim. in France, by far the greatest number of members are from that country, 54 % of the total (153 out of 281). This is followed by Switzerland at 9 % (26) and Germany at 8 %, then Italy, Spain, Slovenia, and Great Britain all on 4 %, with all the other countries even lower. It is true that population differences mean that we cannot expect ever to have an even split between all our countries, but Switzerland is clearly doing extremely well and proves that population size does not necessarily equate with a low number of members.Those of us belonging to nations now hovering below 5 % and 10 % should make a concerted effort to recruit more members so that we break those barriers, and those with just one or two members should try to at least double that. Happy hunting ! Nina Crummy Vice-President, Great-Britain za Deux decors de chars gallo-romains de Roujan (F, Herault) Au cours des dernieres annees, deux ornements de chars d'epoque romaine en bronze ont ete recueillis sur des sites de la commune de Roujan, dans la moyenne vallee de I'Herault. Bien que I'un des rares vid de la cite 1 de Beziers soit situe sous le village sHjv actuel, I'un au moins de ces objets provient d'un site rural installe en gai^ peripherie de l'agglomeration. La categorie des decors de chars est encore peu etudiee en Gaule meridionale, mais ces objets se I rattachent, par leur type et leur iconographie, ä des series tres largement diffusees dans les provinces occidentales de l'Empire. Ghislain Bagan, Michel Feugere (p. 26) Hellenistic, Roman Imperial and Late Antique-Early Byzantine Terracotta Unguentaria from Cilicia and Pisidia (T) A classical unguentarium is typically a small narrow-necked glass or terracotta bottle topped with a slender neck and a thin-lipped rim.The base of these vessels can be in some cases rounded or fusiform — in which case it is not self-standing — or flat-bottomed. During the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods the main function of these vessels was to keep perfumed oils and cosmetic lotions fresh. In my Ph.D. thesis at the University of Cologne I am dealing with the unpublished material from excavations, field surveys, and museum research at Cilicia and Pisidia (southern Turkey), sets out a comprehensive model for the study of unguentaria, including their typology, chronology contexts, function, regional characteristics, and distribution patterns.This research model illustrates how previous assumptions about the vessel's typology must be re-evaluated. Ergün Lafli (p. 14) •Jl ■'■I Iron combs for wool or flax processing Iron double-ended combs of the Roman period are quite frequent archaeological finds in Europe. They originate mainly from settlements and also from hoards.The combs are recognized as tools used in textile-production to remove shorter fibres from wool or to separate flax-fibres. Their shape didn't change over a period of about five centuries.The way in which they were used is presented on a fresco from Pompeii, painted on a front of a workshop producing and selling the felt products. Some inscriptions on Roman stone monuments mention professional wool combers and felt-makers. A tombstone of a blacksmith producing double-ended iron combs with a representation of blacksmith's tools and a comb is also preserved. Polona Bitenc (p. 27) A Late Republican bone pendant... Among the numerous small finds from the excavations carried out in the years 1978/79 on the Münsterhügel in Basel (Switzerland), was an exceptionally well-made phallic bone pendant with a longitudinally-perforated crossbar. Phallic pendants of this type belong to a Late Republican group, most of which have come from Spain and Italy while in Central Europe they are extremely rare. The Basel example originates from the late La Tene fill of a street gutter, and therefore together with the pendants from the shipwreck of Spargi in Italy and from the Ibero-Punic layer of La Alcudia at Elche in Spain confirms the Late Republican date of this group, which can be divided into four types. Late Republican phallic bone pendants differ from the Imperial period phallic bone amulets not only by their form but also by the fact that the latter always have an erect phallus and that they are ofen combined with a flea. Eckhard Deschler-Erb, Dragan Božič (p. 39) .................... Decouvertes recentes Une livraison exceptionnelle pour cette rubrique qui nous permet de signaler rapidement, souvent des leur decouverte, des trouvailles de grand interet, dont plusieurs feront naturellement ensuite I'objet d'etudes et de publications plus detaillees : ce sera le cas des deux statues de bronze repechees au large d'Agde, comme de la remarquable bouche de fontaine de I'Aube, dont la provenance exacte reste encore ä preciser... Dragan BOŽIČ Michel Feugere (p. 42) A Late Republican bone pendant from the Münsterhügel in Basel (CH) E. Deschler-Erb, D. Božič In the years 1978/79 on the Münsterhügel in Basel ditches were being dug for the installation of district heating, sewerage, and telephone.The necessary rescue excavations, carried out on this occasion by the Archaeological Research Office of Basel-Stadt, revealed a series of layers dating from the late La Tene to the early Imperial periods and from Late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages. The missing layers of the middle Imperial period were probably removed during the Late Antique construction works ('). Among the numerous small finds from these excavations was an exceptionally well-made bone pendant (fig. I). It was carved from a single piece of bone and then filed and polished.The design consists of two elements, both flat on the reverse. The upper element consists of a profiled crossbar with an erect phallus with scrotum in the middle. The crossbar is longitudinally perforated thus enabling the pendant to be worn on a string or chain. The lower element is in the form of a hanging phallus with scrotum, set on a heart-shaped plate. The plate margins bear fine incisions.The pendant is 47 mm high and up to 27 mm wide. Its weight is II. I g. Phallic pendants of this type belong to a Late Republican group, most of which have come from Spain and Italy (see below), while in Central Europe they are extremely rare. The Basel example originates from the late La Tene fill of a street gutter, and therefore confirms the early dating of this type of bone pendant. In addition to the bone pendant, many other finds from the late La Tene settlement on the Münsterhügel were imported from the Mediterranean area. As well as amphorae, Campanian ware, and oil-lamps, there are, for example, a chape from a Late Republican gladius, a dagger scabbard, and numerous handle parts from Late Republican bronze wine strainers P). All these finds testify to a strong Roman influence here, already begun by the time of Caesar It can therefore be assumed that this settlement was under direct Roman control from, at the latest, the middle of the 1st century BC,and that it was probably a Republican auxiliary fort defending the state frontier in the name of Rome. Eckhard Deschler-Erb Neuer Weg 10 CH-4114 Hofstetten Tel. 0041 61 2672392 -fax 0041 61 2672341 Eckhard. Deschler-Erb@unibas.ch Late Republican phallic bone pendants can be divided into four types. All types have a longitudinally perforated crossbar in common, but the lower element is different.Type I, represented by the pendant from Basel (fig. 1), has a bipartite lower element. The upper part is triangular and has two horizontal ribs immediately under the crossbar. The lower part, bearing a short phallus and more or less emphasised scrotum, is heart-shaped. Type 2 (fig. 2 : 2) has an oval plate with phallus and scrotum under the crossbar Phallic pendants of type 3 (fig. 3) have a purse-shaped lower element with a long phallus and scrotum. The head of the phallus is as long as the rest of it. The scrotum and the phallus are decorated with motifs consisting of concentric circles with a point in the middle. The pendants of type 4 (fig. 4) are finally characterized by a stylized flat phallus of a triangular form with a cut off point and three holes in the scrotum. Their crossbars are decorated with two motifs of concentric circles with a point in the middle. As well as the pendant from Basel, we know of one other pendant of type I, found in the Ibero-Punic layer of the site La Alcudia at Elche in Spain (Ramos Folques 1972, 368, fig. 7 ; fig. 2 : I). The same layer also yielded a pendant of type 2 (fig. 2 : 2). This one is closely connected with the type I Basel example, both having on the crossbar vertical rods with an incision in the middle. We know of only three pendants of type 3, all of them having been found on the Balearic island of Ibiza (Vives y Escudero 1917,83, pi. 28 : 7,8 ; Moscati 1988, 730, no. 864 ; fig. 3). In the shipwreck of Spargi between Sardinia and Corsica at least five pendants of type 4 were discovered (Pallares Salvador 1979, 175, fig. 35 ; Pallares 1987, 98, pi. 9 : e ; fig. 4 : 1-2), while among the old finds from the Celtic oppidum Hradište, near Stradonice in Bohemia, there is one representative of this type (Pic 1906, pi. 45 : 35 ; fig. 4 :3). The Late Republican date of the phallic pendants being discussed in this contribution is confirmed by the shipwreck of Spargi, dated by some authors to around 100 BC or even earlier and by E.Will, on the basis of the amphoras, to around 75 BC (Rotroff 1996, 273, note 10), as well as by the Ibero-Punic layer of La Alcudia at Elche (Ramos Folques 1972). From this layer came, among other things, Iberian painted ceramics, Campanian ware A and B (ibid., 386), the earliest type of the thin-walled pottery (spindle-shaped beakers, decorated with small barbotine dots on the wall, see Vegas l964,62-63,fig.4,5 iMayet 1975,24-25, pi. I :2-5), Megarian bowls (see Puppo 1995, 147-167 and Horvat 1997, 103) and covers of tongue-shaped bone seal-boxes (Božič 1998, 144-146, fig. 5, 17). The exact function of the Late Republican phallic bone pendants cannot be determined. Nevertheless it is worth mentioning that in the shipwreck of Spargi such pendants were found together with several other small objects of bone, misinterpreted in the publications (Pallares Salvador 1979, 175, fig. 34,36,37 ; Pallares 1987, 98, pi. 9 : f-h). In fact they all seem to belong to writing equipment. The conical rods with a pointed lower end (fig. 5) are not hair pins ("aghi Exposition Archeologie sur toute la ligne Les fouilles du TGV Mediterranee dans la moyenne vallee du Rhone Musee de Valence (F) 6 decembre 2001 -5 mai 2002 Les fouilles du TGV Mediterranee, de 1995 ä 1997, representent la plus importante operation de sauvetage archeologique que la moyenne vallee du Rhone ait connue. Cette exposition est la premiere ä restituer au public les resultats considerables recueillis ans cette region ä travers quatre grands themes : archeologie du climat et des paysages ; habitats,_maisons et villages de la Prehistoire au Moyen Age ; artisanat, savoir-faire et echanges ; archeologie et pratique funeraires. musee-valence@wanadoo.fr LES FOUILUS OU115V MlOlIfMANfE DANS U i«)YENNE VAUJE DU RHÖNE le musee de vj crinali"), but styli of the Late Republican form (Deonna 1938,254-255, pi. 80 :676-678 ; 81 :681 -682 ; Abbado 2000,296, fig. 1,2), and the tongue-shaped objects are not pendants ("pendagli"), but covers of bone seal-boxes. Even biconical rods with a gutter in the middle and button-shaped terminals, interpreted by Beal (1983,237-239, pi. 41 ; 744,745) as belt elements, could be connected with writing equipment, if we consider the tomb from Belgioioso in Northern Italy (fig. 6), which contained two such rods, a bone stylus with Fig. I — Basel - Münsterhügel. A phallic bone pendant from the late La Tene fill of a street gutter. Fig. 2 — Elche - La Alcudia. Late Republican phallic bone pendants of type 1 (1) and 2 (2) from the Ibero-Punic layer. Fig. 3 — Ibiza. Phallic bone pendants of type 3. Fig. 4 — Phallic bone pendants of type 4 from the shipwreck of Spargi (1-2) and from the oppidum Hradište near Stradonice (3). Fig. 5 — Bone styli from the shipwreck of Spargi. Fig. 6 — Belgioioso. Bone objects from the grave. broken-off upper end, and the bottom of a bone seal-box (Frontini 1985, I Ol, pi, 42:4). Late Republican phallic bone pendants differ from the Imperial period phallic bone amulets not only by their form but also by the fact that the latter always have an erect phallus and that they are often combined with fica. The most common Imperial forms are amulets made out of antler roses decorated with an erect phallus and scrotum (Mikler 1997,21, pi. 10 :5,6 ; 11 ; 12: 1-3,map 5 ; Gostenčnik 1999,81,fig. 1:2 ;2; fig. 7 : 1) and straight or curved amulets with phallus-fica terminals and a big hole in the middle (Mikler 1997, 20, pi. 8 :9 ; Bakker 1986, fig. 60 ; Abauzit 2002, fig. I ; fig. 7:3). A well preserved example of the straight ones was found in a female grave in Aquileia (Mezzi 1997,92-93, fig. 7, pi. 4 : 7 ; fig. 7 ; 2). To the list of the curved phallus-fica amulets, published recently by Abauzit, a fragmented amulet from Chur in Switzerland can be added (Siegfried-Weiss 1986, 165, pi. 52 : I). Dragan Božič Inštitut za arheologijo ZRC SAZU Gosposka 13,51-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija Dragan.Bozic@zrc-sazu.si Notes : (1) See Deschier-Erb 2001,27-31. (2) For the gladius chape and the dagger scabbard see Berger, Helmig 1991,18, fig. 9 :9 and 19, fig. 10 :17. 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