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Distinctive FeaturesThis amphora seems to be a precursor of the amphora Keay type 8A (Bonifay, 2004). It is characterised by a flanged rim with squared section directly prolonging the tall and cylindrical neck. The latter present a finger impression on his internal face at the upper attachment of the handles, which have a small triangular profile and an elliptical section. The body is perfectly cylindrical, gently rounded at he base, terminating in a filled, cylindrical spike with a flat bottom.See characteristics | ||
Date RangeEnd of the fourth and first half of the fifth centuries AD.Search: [4th century AD] [5th century AD] | ||
OriginOrigin seems to be the same as that of the Keay 8B type, production of which is attested to in southern Byzacena, perhaps at Iunca (?) (Bonifay, 2004).Search: [North Africa] [Tunisia] | ||
DistributionDistributed in small quantities in the western Mediterranean (Catalunya, southern France and Italy). It is also attested in the eastern Mediterranean (Egypt: unpublished). Most of the complete examples come from Catalunya (Keay, 1984). An example from Arles is well dated in a context of the beginning of the fifth century AD (Congès & Leguilloux, 1991). An example from Rome seems to be late in date (Whitehouse et alii, 1982).Search: [Eastern Mediterranean] [France] [Italy] [North West Europe] [Spain] [Western Mediterranean] | ||
ContentsNo trace of a pitch lining. Probably olive oil (Bonifay, 2004).Search: [Olive Oil] | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributor: Michel Bonifay |