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Distinctive FeaturesAn early north African amphora. This type is characterised by a rounded rim, a wide cylindrical neck and short bent handles. The body is wide and almost cylindrical, tapered to a tubular hollow spike, flattened at the base.See characteristics | ||
Date RangeSecond half of the first to middle of the second centuries AD.Search: [1st century AD] [2nd century AD] | ||
OriginNo archaeological evidence but probably Tunisia.Search: [North Africa] [Tunisia] | ||
DistributionA scattered distribution in the western Mediterranean: Carthage, Pompeii, Ostia, Luni, Fréjus and Augst.Search: [France] [Italy] [Libya] [North Africa] [North West Europe] [Switzerland] [Western Mediterranean] | ||
ContentsPerhaps olive oil (Panella, 1982).Search: [Olive Oil] | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributor: Michel Bonifay |