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Dr
David
Williams
Dept of Archaeology
University of Southampton
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Distinctive FeaturesA short everted rim and long slim neck with ovoid handles. The body is cylindrical with a short solid spike.See characteristics | ||
Date RangeMid first century BC to the later second century AD (Beltrán, 1970).Search: [1st century BC] [1st century AD] [2nd century AD] | ||
OriginAlong the southern Spanish coast, where the form was certainly made at Algeciras (Zevi, 1966; Beltrán, 1970; 1977; Sotomayor, 1969).Search: [North West Europe] [Spain] [Western Mediterranean] | ||
DistributionSpain and Italy (Beltrán, 1970), but rare in the northern provinces (cf. Ettlinger, 1977).Search: [Italy] [North West Europe] [Spain] [Western Mediterranean] | ||
ContentsTituli picti suggest fish-based products (Zevi, 1966; Beltrán, 1970). | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributor: David Williams | ||
ClassificationAugst 22Beltrán 3 Ostia 52 Peacock & Williams 14 | ||
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 |