MORE LIGHT? SOME REMARKS ON THE FUNCTION OF A ROMAN MORTARIUM FROM THE ‘PRINCELY’ GRAVE IN POPRAD-MATEJOVCE

The article discusses the presumed functions of the provincial Roman mortarium discovered in the ‘princely’ grave in Poprad-Matejovce. The vessel may have served as a container for some unspecified food, as a component of a feast accompanying a funeral ceremony, or it may have been used as a lamp. In both cases, the strong influence of Roman culture on the population of the southern zone of Barbaricum at the end of antiquity is evident.