Premières observations sur les ateliers de verriers de la rue Marie-Clémence-Fouriaux à Reims/Durocortorum

• Autores: Louis Aurore, Stocker Pascal
• Localización: Gallia: Archéologie de la France antique, ISSN 0016-4119, Nº. 79, 1, 2022, págs. 329-336
• Idioma: francés
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  • Initial observations on the glass workshops from Marie-Clémence-Fouriaux street in Reims/Durocortorum
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  • English

    The two glass workshops, dated to the end of the 1st c. AD and the 2nd c. AD, situated on the rue Marie-Clémence Fouriaux constitute the first discovery of ancient glass production sites in Reims. These ensembles fill an extensive gap in our knowledge of the glass economy within the Reims territory. The earliest workshop is rather poorly preserved and can only be identified by the presence of a production kiln. On the other hand, the later workshop was discovered in nearly perfect condition, thus allowing for an understanding of the spatial organization of the site as a whole. The establishment was organized as follows: a room gathering the production structures on the street side, an intermediate storage room and a courtyard out back for waste disposal. Although the layout of the building can be compared to other Gallo-Roman workshops (domed ovens, pits or hearths for annealing, and waste disposal areas), the construction technique differs, in that raw earth materials (bricks, cob) were frequently used instead of the typical terracotta materials. The shape of the intended finished products is not identifiable, though it was possible to ascertain that they were made of standardized, colorless, blue-green glass, which is a mixture of antimony and manganese bleached glass.

  • français

    Le site de la rue Marie-Clémence-Fouriaux vient combler la longue absence de données rémoises sur les ateliers de verriers antiques et complète les connaissances sur la mise en œuvre des fours de fabrication. Bien que d’un modèle standard, ils possèdent des caractéristiques propres aux traditions locales de construction et liées aux ressources présentes dans leur environnement. Les déchets découverts indiquent que ces ateliers produisaient des vases en verre bleuté, jaune et verdâtre à la fin du ier s. apr. J.‑C. et des vases en verre incolore et bleu-vert au iiie s. apr. J.‑C., certainement des petits contenants (balsamaires ou petites bouteilles prismatiques).