Roman Amphorae: a digital resource
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Camulodunum 176
details | characteristics | pictures | drawings | petrology | specimens | bibliography | 
3D models
Copyright of Castle Museum, Colchester
Stephen Yates
Distinctive FeaturesStrictly speaking this is not an amphora shaped-vessel, but it does seem to have travelled long distances and is large enough to have carried a considerable quantity of goods. It is a large four-handled jar with a slightly swelling ovoid body and flat base. The handles are alternately horizontal [shorter and rounded section] and vertical [longer and narrow and flattened] on a broad neck. There is a small triangular-shaped rim.See characteristics | ||
Date RangeThe examples from Camulodunum were dated before c. AD 65 (Hawkes & Hull, 1947), while the Augst vessels date to between the first half of the first till the middle of the second centuries AD (Martin-Kilcher, 1994).Search: [1st century AD] [2nd century AD] | ||
OriginNot known for certain but almost certainly Italian.Search: [Italy] [North West Europe] | ||
DistributionPresent at Camulodunum (Hawkes & Hull, 1947), Haltern and Augst (Martin-Kilcher, 1994).Search: [Germany] [Great Britain] [North West Europe] [Switzerland] | ||
ContentsUnknown although wine or perhaps preserved grapes are possibilities (Martin-Kilcher, 1994).Search: [Fruit] [Wine] | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributor: David Williams |
