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may be interpreted as the signature left by the very same workshops; for instance, the motif of a double vine tendril. This motif is portrayed on the side panels of sarcophagi from Vienna (Fig. 9), Budapest and Ptuj

80 (Fig. 10), as well as on Poetovian ossuaries

81 (Fig. 11). The same composition also incorporates the characteristic form of a two-storied kantharos, which is found in addition to the above-mentioned sarcophagi from Vienna and Budapest only on typical Poetovian monuments, ossuaries (Fig. 77).

82 A fragment of a marble sarcophagus from Viminacium (Fig. 6)

83 with mythological scenes on both side panels also has the characteristic tripartite structure of the front panel. These marble sarcophagi from Sirmium and Viminacium, in combination with a small sarcophagus from Sopianae,

84 a sarcophagus from Siscia

85 and perhaps also the sarcophagus from Aquae Balissae,

86 together form a relatively homogeneous group. This group is affiliated with products from Poetovian workshops.

87 At the same time, they confirm that Poetovian workshops traded in semi-finished products as well as with entirely finished sarcophagi. This could also hold true for sarcophagi from the second group in view of the marble sarcophagus of this type from Sirmium.

88 The hypothesis that the production center of one of the specific types of Pannonian sarcophagi is Poetovio, and the hypothesis that trade ran primarily along the 1. DIEZ 1948; DJURIC 1997. 2. One from Hajdina(?)

: MODRIJAN-WEBER 1979-81. 103, No. 50; other from Zgornji Breg found in situ with all inventory: SUBIC 1969. 94; SUBIC 1972. Y 137. 3. The example is in the private property of the Grdisa family at Oresje 76 near Ptuj. 4. Only one example is known with an inscription: Regional Museum Ptuj, inv. no. RL 261: AIJ 261. 5. DIEZ 1948. 6. CERMANOVIC 1965. 89. 7. KOCH-SICHTERMANN 1982. 328. 8. LOZAR 1927. (unpublished doctorate dissertation) 9. Numbers 75 - 83. 10. Seven are ossuaria , no. 78 is a relief inscription, no. 83 is probably a part of an aedicula. 11. CERMANOVIC 1965. 12. No. 5-7, 9-12. 13. No. 7 and 12. 14. No. 5, 6, 10, 11. 15. No. 9 is a part of an aedicula. 16. Primarily according to KLEMENC-SARIA 1938. henceforth AIJ. 17. KOCH-SICHTERMANN 1982. 18. DJURIC 1997. 19. Check the register on Table 1. 20. From the church of St. Martin at Zg. Hajdina, currently in the Regional Museum Ptuj, inv. no. RL 447: CONZE 1875. 12; ABRAMIC 1925. 171 p., fig. 121; JEVREMOV 1988. no. 35; KOCH-SICHTERMANN 1982. Drava and Danube

89 each seem relatively convincing. Selected examples serve to substantiate the existence of and the significant influence of this group of sarcophagi upon the production of local workshops using local stone. The marble sarcophagus from S avari a

90 is certainly the most obvious which displays locally made, although standard, ornamentation motifs from this group. Another is a fragment of a limestone lid from Mursa,

91 which uses as a model a sarcophagus lid like that now in Vienna.

92 Another example, one of many, is a limestone sarcophagus from Intercisa.

93 The relationship between Poetovian sarcophagi of the third group and the large group of sarcophagi found mostly in Aquincum, but also in Intercisa, Mursa, Cibalae, Sirmium and elsewhere, presents a particularly interesting, and yet unresolved issue. These are limestone sarcophagi with tripartite front panels, with protrusive side fields and a central inscription field. Their profiled frames are developed on the sides into, for this group, specifically ornate combinations of the Norico-Pannonian volute.

94 The relatively close affiliation of receptacles and also sarcophagus lids within this large and homogeneous group perhaps indicates, in combination with the newly determined Poetovian group of sarcophagi, that Poetovian products fulfilled one of the more important demands in the Pannonian market; and consequently, they also influenced the strongest local production. 328, note 81 : the authors are not yet convinced that it is a sarcophagus. 21. Not entirely the same on the sarcophagus of P. C. Vallianus in the Vatican: KOCH-SICHTERMANN 1982. Fig. 109. 22. GABELMANN 1973. Nos. 59, 78. 23. KOCH-SICHTERMANN 1982. Fig. 111. 24. eg. On the sarcophagus of P. C. Vallianus in the Vatican: KOCH-SICHTERMANN 1982. Fig. 108. 25. KOCH-SICHTERMANN 1982. Fig. 564. 26. No. 2: DIEZ 1948. 152; MODRIJAN-WEBER 1979-81. 103 Nr. 50. 27. No. 3: SUBIC 1972. Y137. 28. KOCH-SICHTERMANN 1982. Nos. 6, 7. 29. Nos. 4, 5, 7, 11. 30. No. 4. 31. No. 5. 32. Nos. 6, 7. 33. PM Ptuj RL 463: JEVREMOV 1988. no. 150; PM Ptuj RL 883: JEVREMOV 1988. no. 149; PM Ptuj without an inv. no. 2 fragments. 34. Nos. 9, 10, 17. 18. 35. Nos. 10, 29. 36. Nos. 6, 7. 37. eg. PMP RL 448. 38. No. 10. 39. No. 8. 40. eg. Rijeka: GABELMANN 1973. no. 36; on the ossuarium from Dravinjski vrh: SUBIC 1969. 98. NOTES 50