Data copyright © University of Southampton unless otherwise stated
This work is licensed under the ADS Terms of Use and Access.
Dr
David
Williams
Dept of Archaeology
University of Southampton
Avenue Campus
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
England
Tel: 080 593032
Distinctive FeaturesThis type can be mistaken for the Rhodian Type on account of its peaked handles, but tends to be smaller and thinner-walled. Moreover, it has a wider, more cylindrical body than the Rhodian type, sometimes with a slight extension towards the bottom. The handles rise to a peak well above the small collar-rim, and there is a slightly bulging neck and a small basal wart. The form comes in a smaller and larger version, both considerably smaller than the Rhodian type.See characteristics | ||
Date RangeEarly first to the first half of the third centuries AD (Empereur et alii, 1991; Marangou-Lerat, 1995).Search: [1st century AD] [2nd century AD] [3rd century AD] | ||
OriginProduction sites are known in Crete, at Herakleion, Knossos, Dermatos and Tsoutsouros (Markoulaki et alii, 1989; Empereur et al., 1991; Marangou-Lerat, 1995).Search: [Crete] [Eastern Mediterranean] [Greek Islands] | ||
DistributionCommon in Crete, with a fairly wide distribution elsewhere, notably Italy, France and Britain. It is also found in Lower Germany, Cisalpine Gaul, Pannonia, north Africa, Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean (Marangou-Lerat, 1995; Williams, 2003; Bezeczky, 1994a).Search: [Crete] [Eastern Mediterranean] [Egypt] [France] [Great Britain] [Italy] [North Africa] [North West Europe] | ||
ContentsCretan wine is mentioned on some tituli picti. This may be the local raisin wine praised by Pliny (Naturalis Historia XIV: 81). However, preserved fruit was also carried, as a titulus pictus from London mentions sorp apples (Williams, 2003).Search: [Fruit] [Wine] | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributor: David Williams | ||
ClassificationCrétoise 4 |