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    Like all the large towns of the time, Argentomagus was supplied by the great centres of Italian glass production. From the first century it imported cups, ribbed or plain bowls in monochrome, multi-coloured or filigreed glass and moulded goblets decorated with lotus buds.

    Fragments of all these receptacles have been found throughout the residential areas and near the "Champ de l'Image" necropolis.

    Additionally, there is a large presence of blue-green glass in Argentomagus, unfortunately very fragmented.

    In the tombs of the Champ de l'Image cemetery, glassware is better preserved. Here we find spherical glass urns and offerings including bowls, small dishes, square or hexagonal bottles, an aryballe, a "baby's bottle" in bluish glass and an exceptional goblet in transparent glass engraved with facets.

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    Argentomagus, du site gaulois à la ville gallo-romaine, G. Coulon et Coll. © Editions Errance








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