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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]