XVII a. olandiškos pypkės su pranašo Jonos atvaizdu

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Olandiškos pypkės; Pranašas Jona; Pranašo Jonos vaizdinys; Valdovų rūmai; Viduramžių archeologija; Vilniaus žemutinė pilis; 17 amžius; 17 cent.; Dutch pipes; Image of the prophet Jonah; Medieval Archaeology; Prophet Jonah; Residence of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania; Vilnius Lower Castle.

ENWhilst conducting intensive archaeological research in the Vilnius Lower Castle territory in the late 20th-early 21st centuries, a collection of over 600 clay pipes from the 17th-19th centuries was found. The earliest among them date to the second quarter of the 17th century. Some of the pipes were decorated with various ornaments and bore the marks of their master craftsmen. This article is about those pipes that feature the image of the Prophet Jonah and the great fish swallowing him. Two of these so-called Jonah pipes were found in the Vilnius Lower Castle territory - both are fragments of the pipe stem. One pipe was found in 2004 in the western wing of the Grand Ducal Palace, in the 10th cellar, in a cultural layer dating to the second quarter of the 17th century. The second was found in 2003 during excavation work around the entrance of the palace’s southern wing in a hole dating to the 17th century into which items were placed after the invasion of the Muscovite army in 1655-1661. Both pipes were decorated with relief images of a predatory fish, yet the pipe heads have not survived. These pipes were manufactured in Holland in the mid- 17th century. At the time they were highly popular among travellers, sailors and merchants. Having analysed the collected information about the pipes found in the territory of the Vilnius Lower Castle and their analogues also found in Lithuania, we can conclude that they were manufactured in Holland in 1630-1670. It is also important to mention that the discovered pipes are not the only ones of their kind, yet nevertheless they are rather rare finds among Lithuania’s archaeological material. Also significant is the fact that the Jonah pipe is one of the unique artefacts that directly reflects the spread of colonial goods in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. [From the publication]

• Archeologija / Archaeology
• Istorija / History