Terrace house 1 in Ephesus. The vessel glas

This volume of "Forschungen in Ephesos" presents the approximately 1150 glass finds in Hanghaus 1 - from late Hellenistic period to the 7th century A.D. In line with the construction history, the finds in the first three centuries mainly comprise high-quality table-ware, from the end of the third century A.D. onwards simple crockery, because of earthquake and economic decline. In spite of its fragmentary condition, the description and drawings of the entire material provide a good overview of the shapes in western Asia Minor. Give citys location at the intersection of the West and East Roman area, western and eastern influences also over in the glass finds. Until the first half of the first century A.D. supplies derived mainly from the eastern Mediterranean, imports from the west on a larger scale are not documented before the Flavian period. The questions of production locations, dissemination and dating have been investigated by means of comprehens comparisions with other excavations. In addition, the stratigraphic identification of 22 homogeneous find complexes from different periods facilitates a more precise dating for some types. This resulted in new approaches to dating certain shapes and/or techniques, such as the bell-shaped beaker no. 360 or the figural and engraved decoration on a bowl of the type Isings 12. This archaeological analysis is reinforced and extended by a scientific section. 106 specimens of different categories were selected with a view to the greatest possible diversity in typological and chronological terms were studied by means of material analysis. Lumps of raw glass deriving from a 6th-century glass-workshop located on the agora were included in the scope of the study. The aim of these analyses is to generate data with can be compared with the results of analogous studies to provide evidence on the origins of the primary glass the one hand, and its dissemination as material for processing in secondary workshops on the other hand. The results are very promising, because a number of significant clusters has emerged.