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Distinctive FeaturesThis type by its texture and morphological characteristics recalls an earlier Roman type, namely the "amphore crétoise 1b" (Markoulaki et al, 1989: Fig. 16; Empereur et al, 1991: Fig. 43; Frend & Johnston, 1962: 228, Fig.19.101- dated in the sixth century).See characteristics | ||
Date RangeDated to the last quarter of the sixth century.Search: [6th century AD] | ||
OriginUnknown.Search: [Crete] [Greek Islands] | ||
DistributionIt occurs in Dobrudja at Murighiol (Opaiţ, 1991b: 150, Type E9, Pl. 22.127-8; 23.136; Topoleanu, 2000: 144-5, Nos. 369-70, Pl. 46), Histria (Condurachi, 1954), Tomi (MIANC, inv.no.28384), Ibida (Opaiţ, 1991c: Fig.10/82), Capidava (Opris, 2003: 70-1, Pl.24.113), and Argamum (unpublished).In the northern Black Sea, it is frequent at Chersonesos, Tyritake, Il’chevskoe and Panticapaeum (Zeest, 1960: 120, Type 99, Pl.39.99 б; Sazanov, 1989; Savostina, 1984, Pl. 74.29). Search: [Black Sea] [The Balkans] | ||
ContentsContents seem to have been Cretan wineSearch: [Wine] | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributor: Andrei Opaiţ |