ijegeo International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics 2148-9173 Istanbul University 10.30897/ijegeo.303558 Depictions of ships on roman lamps Truzs Karolina Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences al. Solidarności 105, 00-140, WARSZAWA, PL 12 31 2015 2 3 27 33 04 02 2017 06 10 2015 Copyright © 2014, International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics 2014 International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics

Roman everyday objects wereoften decorated with motives of the aquatic environment. Very interesting groupof such a artifacts are roman oil lamps found in the Roman provinces GermaniaSuperior and Germania Inferior. They are characterized by repetition oficonographic themes connected to river or sea navigation. This paper deals withan attempt of interpretation connection between oil lamps and theirdecorations.

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