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David
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David Peacock
Variants of Dressel 28:[Dressel 28 similis - Lyon] | ||
Distinctive FeaturesThis type has a pulley-wheel rim and short rounded handles which have one, sometimes two, shallow furrows. There is a well-rounded body ending in a thick foot-ring base. It is sometimes stamped on the neck.See characteristics | ||
Date RangeLate Augustan (Tchernia, 1971) to the first half of the second century AD (Carandini & Panella, 1981).Search: [1st century AD] [2nd century AD] | ||
OriginThis type was made in the Guadalquivir valley of Baetica, at such sites as Hospital de las Cinco Llagas (García Vargas, 2000b) and on the coastal strip of the province, such sites as La Venta del Carmen (Bernal Casasola, 1998). It was also manufactured in France, where a kiln producing this amphora type is known at Velaux, Bouches-du-Rhône (Tchernia and Villa, 1977).Search: [France] [North West Europe] [Spain] [Western Mediterranean] | ||
DistributionA fairly widespread distribution in the western Roman Empire, from Spain to Britain, France, Germany and Italy (Beltrán, 1970; Panella, 1970; Colls et al., 1977; Ettlinger, 1977).Search: [France] [Germany] [Great Britain] [Italy] [North West Europe] [Spain] [Western Mediterranean] | ||
ContentsUnknown, perhaps wine (García Vargas, 2004).Search: [Wine] | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributor: César Carreras | ||
ClassificationAugst 9Peacock & Williams 31 | ||
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). |