Roman Amphorae: a digital resource
University of Southampton, 2005. (updated 2014) https://doi.org/10.5284/1028192. How to cite using this DOI
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Spello
details | characteristics | pictures | drawings | petrology | specimens | bibliography | 
3D models
Courtesy of Prof. David Soren
David Williams
Distinctive FeaturesThis type has a flat-bottomed form with a body shaped very much like a "top". It has a high neck with a small everted rim, handles going from the top of the neck to the rounded shoulders (Panella, 1989).The Formlimpopoli and Empoli amphorae are comparable types. See characteristics | ||
Date RangeFrom the Tiberian-Claudian period and the end of the second century AD (Panella, 1989: Martin, 1999; Rizzo 2003).Search: [1st century AD] [2nd century AD] | ||
OriginThe first production centre was found at Spello, Umbria, but the wide variety of fabrics suggest other centres throughout inland central Tyrrhenian Italy, focusing on the Tiber valley (Cherubini & Del Rio, 1997; Martin, 1999; Patterson et alii, 2005). More specifically, kilns have been found in the ager pisanus and northern part of the ager Volaterranus, across Etruria and in the Sabina.Search: [Italy] [North West Europe] | ||
DistributionWidely distributed across southern Etruria and the Tiber Valley, especially Rome and Ostia (Patterson et alii, 2005; Rizzo 2003).Search: [Italy] [North West Europe] | ||
ContentsWine seems to be the principal content.Search: [Olive Oil] [Wine] | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributors: David Williams and Simon Keay |
