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Dr
David
Williams
Dept of Archaeology
University of Southampton
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Courtesy of Musée Romain d'Avenches
David Williams
Distinctive FeaturesThis amphora is tall and thin with a carrot-shaped body that tapers to a solid spike. The neck is cylindrical leading up to a flared rim. The handles remain fairly close to the neck and tend to peak slightly. They attach below the rim and at the top of the shoulders and are elliptical in section (Garcia Vargas, 1998: Fig 6.3).There is no evidence as yet that this type was ever stamped.See characteristics | ||
Date RangeThe second half of the first century ADSearch: [1st century AD] | ||
OriginProduction has been attested at the kilns of Manganeto (Almayate, Málaga), Puente Melchor (Puerto Real, Cádiz), Villanueva (Cádiz), Olivar de los Valencianos (Cádiz) and La Zarza (Cádiz) (García Vargas, 1998: 104-105)Search: [North West Europe] [Spain] [Western Mediterranean] | ||
DistributionThe type is known primarily from production sites in southern Spain, as well as at Rome. | ||
ContentsProbably fish sauce. | ||
CommentsPrincipal contributors: David Williams and Simon Keay | ||
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 |