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David
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Peacock & Williams 59 type. Courtesy of Verulamium Museum
Kate Warren
Distinctive FeaturesThis type has an everted collar rim with a small groove, as well as oval handles which have a fairly deep vertical groove. It has a cylindrical body and solid conical spike, without the typical Baetican ball of clay (Martin-Kilcher, 1994). It is rarely stamped (Carreras Monfort et al., 2005).See characteristics | ||
Date RangeEarliest date: AD 20 at Augst (Martin-Kilcher, 1994).Latest date: early second century AD at Augst (Martin-Kilcher, 1994) Search: [1st century AD] [2nd century AD] | ||
OriginLyon (Schmitt, 1988) and Fréjus (Laubenheimer et al, 1991)Search: [France] [North West Europe] | ||
DistributionIt appears in the main military markets in Gaul, Germania and Britannia (Carreras Monfort et al., 2005).Search: [France] [Germany] [Great Britain] [North West Europe] | ||
ContentsIt is supposed to contain the same products as Haltern 70 (defructum, olives)Amphorae of this type from the Port Vendres Claudian shipwreck bear inscriptions naming the contents as defrutum, a sweet liquid obtained by boiling down the must (Colls et al., 1977; Parker & Price, 1981). Search: [Defrutum] [Olives] | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributor: César Carreras | ||
ClassificationAugst 21Lyon 7B Peacock & Williams 59 Wheeler Group E | ||
CEIPAC linkThe following link will take you to the Centro para el Estudio de la Interdependencia Provincial en la Antiguedad Clásica CEIPAC database. In the CEIPAC system this amphora has the ID KE51+BYZ. Note: access to CEIPAC requires registration, which is possible via http://ceipac.ub.edu/corpus_reg.php?IDM=e | ||
Terres dâAmphoresTerres dâAmphoresThe above link will take you to the new digital database of amphora types and fabrics from Gaulish production centres, 1st - 3rd century A.D. (Maison Archéologie & Ethnologie, René-Ginouvès). |