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Distinctive FeaturesThis has a narrow neck with bowed handles from mid neck to the shoulder and a long cylindrical body with a rounded base and a small basal wart. There are several slight variants (Marangou-Lerat, 1995).See characteristics | ||
Date RangeEarly first to mid fourth century AD.Search: [1st century AD] [2nd century AD] [3rd century AD] [4th century AD] | ||
OriginProduction is attested in Crete at several sites in the east, west and central areas of the island: Kastelli de Kissamos, Palaiochora, Dermatos, Matalla, Tsoutsouros, Keratokambos, Arvi, Chersonissos, Makryghialos, Lagada and Trypitos (Markoulaki et alii, 1989; Empereur et al, 1991; Marangou-Lerat, 1995).Search: [Crete] [Eastern Mediterranean] [Greek Islands] | ||
DistributionCommonly found in Crete but widely distributed across the eastern Mediterranean and in Italy, north Africa, Greece and the eastern Mediterranean (Sciallano & Sibella, 1991; Marangou-Lerat, 1995).Search: [Crete] [Eastern Mediterranean] [Greece] [Greek Islands] [Italy] [North Africa] [North West Europe] | ||
ContentsWine is assumed.Search: [Wine] | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributor: David Williams | ||
ClassificationBenghazi Mid Roman Amphora 2Peacock & Williams 41 | ||
CEIPAC linkThe 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 |