Roman Amphorae: a digital resource

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Beirut 3



Distinctive Features

This is a larger amphora than Beirut 1 and Beirut 2 (the early to mid first century AD variant), but not as large as early third century versions of the form (Beirut 4). It has a thin-walled and well ribbed tronco -conical body ending in a hollow cone toe. It has a band rim (top of neck folded over to form a band, so the lower line can be irregular) with handles similar to those of Beirut 1, but longer and generally pulled upwards, before bending inwards towards the base of the handle.
Minimum height:BEY 113.218/30/033 (Reynolds, 2000: Fig. 4.15). Early variant of this type? Late first/c. 100?: 76.8 cm.
Minimum width: BEY 113.218/30/033: 31.3 cm.
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Date Range

Late first century/100 AD to mid second centuries AD.
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Origin

Beirut city kiln attested on Site BEY 015, with a kiln site also known at Khalde (American University of Beirut excavations).
Search: [Lebanon] [The Levant]

Distribution

Beirut and its hinterland: Beirut, Jiye (Southern Lebanon) and Tyre, as well as at Carthage (Bir Jebbana excavations) and from Cyprus. Occasional exports to the western Mediterranean.
Search: [Cyprus] [Eastern Mediterranean] [Lebanon] [North Africa] [The Levant] [Tunisia] [Western Mediterranean]

Contents

Probably wine. As with Beirut 1, many examples show liquid staining inside and over the rim neck.
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Comments

Principal contributor: Paul Reynolds
 

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