Roman Amphorae: a digital resource

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Keay 51

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Keay 51

Courtesy of Museo Nacional de Arqueología Maritima, Cartagena
Marguerite Attree

Distinctive Features

Although there is only one example of this amphora in Keay (1984), it has a quite distinctive body shape, piriform with a compression towards the base. There are traces of horizontal ribbing. It was 76.5 cm high and 37.5 cm wide, and the base below the compression comprised a hemisphere with a small button-foot. The upper section comprised a larger hemispherical shoulder which blended into a low and squat neck. The rim had a simple squared profile with no apparent lip. The handles were semi-circular, ovoid to round in section. Keay (1984: 266) mentions a similar amphora found at Empúries (Nolla, 1974/5: 189, Fig. 27.1; 151, Fig. 3), though it lacked the compression in the body and the foot was more pronounced.
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Date Range

The context for Keay's example indicates a fourth to fifth century date.
Search: [4th century AD] [5th century AD]

Origin

The fabric suggests a Tunisian origin.
Search: [North Africa] [Tunisia]

Distribution

Keay's example was found at the Palaeochristian cemetery in Tarragona
Search: [North Africa] [North West Europe] [Spain] [Western Mediterranean]

Contents

Unknown.

Comments

Principal contributor: David Williams

CEIPAC link

The 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
 

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