Roman Amphorae: a digital resource

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Hammamet 3



Distinctive Features

This form of this type derives from a Punic tradition. It was first noted at the end of the 1990’s on several sites around the northern Hammamet Gulf (Bonifay, 2004a). It is a tall amphora with handles attached on the shoulder. The rim is thickened and grooved on the outer face. Four variants have been noted, from a heavy squared rim with a hanging underside (variant A) to a slimmer and taller rim, rounded on the upper side (variant D). The neck is quite short and cone shaped and the body cylindrical and wide. There are three variants for the solid spikes: cone shaped with an elongated foot, a cylindrical elongated foot with thickened base and a short cylindrical foot with a thickened base. Only one complete example is so far known, somewhat small in size, from Hadrian's Villa, in Italy (Panella in Caprino, 1999).
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Date Range

From the end of the fifth century AD (variant A) to the end of the seventh century AD (variant D).
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Origin

Northern Hammamet Gulf.
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Distribution

Mainly distributed around the northern Hammamet Gulf (Pupput, Sidi Jdidi, Nabeul) (Bonifay, 2004a). Rare examples are found in Spain (Empúries), the south of France (Marseille) and Italy (Villa Adriana).
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Contents

Unknown. Perhaps wine (Bonifay, 2004) but olive oil cannot be excluded. Capacity is over 125 litres, but the small example from the Villa Adriana held around 55 litres.
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Comments

Principal contributor: Michel Bonifay

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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