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Distinctive FeaturesThis is a free-standing ‘table-amphora’, with a wide ring foot base. Wide tronco-conical body bearing marked ribbing. Handles attached from the rim face to the shoulder. The rim and handles suggest a connection with the north Palestinian type Agora M334.See characteristics | ||
Date RangeExports date to the early third century AD.Search: [3rd century AD] | ||
OriginPossibly from northern Palestine?Search: [Palestine] | ||
DistributionExports focused on southern France e.g. Lyon, Avenches, and Rhineland but are generally rare, and very rare in Beirut (only one example known).Search: [France] [Germany] [Lebanon] [North West Europe] [Palestine] [The Levant] | ||
ContentsCarbonised dates were found in an example from Avenches (Callender, 1965: Fig. 20, no. 4)Search: [Dates] | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributor: Paul Reynolds |