ABOUT GLASSWARE FROM THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS OF LOWLAND KARABAKH

Abstract

There are a lot of glassware among the archaeological materials revealed from the ancient monuments of Lowland Karabakh, especially from the burial monuments. From the Shortepe in Barda region, Galatepe in Aghjabadi district, Govurgala in Aghdam region and other monuments were founded glass bowls, bottles, plates, bowls, as well as various decorations that were made by thetechnique of casting and blasting. Analysis of glassware shows that the beginning of the local glass production in Albania dated by the end of the II-III centuries AD. Glassware related to the previous centuries were brought to Albania from the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire as a result of the trade relations.