potsherd - Roman pottery - Class: Amphoras

Ware	Source(s)	Summary
Almagro 50 amphoras	Iberia	A cylindrical amphora with a long body, short spike and neck and thick triangular rim, to which the thick, short round handles are joined, in pale buff or grey fabrics. Produced in the southern Iberian provinces and with a wide distribution around the western Mediterranean and sparsely in the north-western provinces.
Almagro 54 (Gaza) amphoras	Eastern Empire	A cylindical `cigar-shaped' amphora with two small loop handles and coarse ribbing on the lower body in a rough fabric. Produced in the Gaza district of Palestine and widely distributed around the Mediterranean during the 4th to 7th centuries.
B1 amphoras	Eastern Empire	A globular two-handled amphora with conical neck, everted rim and grooves on the upper body in pale fabrics. Produced in the Aegean and widely distributed around eastern Mediterranean (more rarely in the west) from the 5th to 7th centuries AD.
B2 amphoras	Eastern Empire	An ovoid two-handled amphora with a ribbed body in sandy light-coloured fabrics. Produced at several locations in the north-east Mediterranean (Syria, Cyprus and south-east Turkey) from the 5th to 7th centuries AD, and widely distributed around the Mediterranean but more rarely in the north-west provinces.
B4 amphoras	Eastern Empire	A small slender amphora with rounded shoulder, narrow neck, beaded lip and either one or two tight strap handles in a distinctive red-brown micaceous fabric. This is a long-lived type, produced in western Asia Minor from the 1st to 6th centuries AD, with a wide distribution around the Mediterranean and across the northern provinces.
Camulodunum 189 (`carrot') amphoras	Eastern Empire	A small amphora with a conical `carrot'-shaped body, with horizontal ribbing on the outer surface and two small handles, in a red-brown sandy ware. The type was produced in the eastern Mediterranean, perhaps Egypt or Palestine, and widely distributed around the Mediterranean and across the north-west provinces during the 1st century AD.
Chalk 6 amphoras		A tall two-handled amphora with a tapering body in a red-brown fabric with paler surfaces. A rare type with only a few specimens recorded from Britain and Gaul and dating to the 3rd and 4th centuries. The source is unknown.
Dressel 1 amphoras	Italy	A tall cylindrical amphora with angular shoulders, long straight handles and a collar rim. This form is the most important Italian wine amphora of the late Republican period, with a wide distribution around the Mediterranean (with many examples from shipwrecks) and across the north-west provinces.
Dressel 2-4 amphoras	Gaul Iberia Italy Eastern Empire	A tall cylindrical amphora with angular shoulders, characteristic bifid handles and a beaded rim. This is the most important wine amphora of the early imperial period, both produced in many regions (notably Italy, Gaul, Spain and the Eastern Mediterranean, but also southern Britain) and exported widely.
Dressel 20 amphoras and allied types	Iberia	A large globular amphora with substantial cylindrical handles and a prominent beaded or angular rim in a characteristic granular fabric, produced in the Spanish province of Baetica from the 1st to 3rd centuries and exported in very large numbers around the western Mediterranean and across the north-west provinces.
Dressel 43 amphoras	Eastern Empire	A cylindrical two-handled amphora with an ovoid body, a neck with a bulging profile and peaked handles. Produced in Crete (GR) and distributed around the Mediterranean and sporadically across the north-west provinces during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.
Dressel 7-11 `salazon' amphoras	Iberia	A series of cylindrical two-handled amphoras in pale fabrics produced in southern Spain with a wide distribution around the western Mediterranean and across the north-west provinces during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.
Gauloise 12 amphoras	Britain Gaul	A flat-based two-handled amphora with a thick projecting rim with multiple grooves on the uppers surface. Produced in Normandy (FR) with a largely local distribution but some specimens in Britain.
Gauloise flat-based amphoras	Gaul	Flat-based two-handled amphoras typically in a fine-textured micaceous fabric. Produced at a large number of sites across southern France (Languedoc and Provence/FR), and very common in the north-west provinces during the 2nd and 3rd centuries.
Haltern 70 amphoras	Iberia	A tall cylindrical two-handled amphora with a collared rim, grooved handles and a solid spike, in a distinctive granular fabric. Produced in the Spanish province of Baetica and widely distributed across the north-west provinces during the 1st century AD.
Kapitän II (`Hollow foot') amphoras	Eastern Empire	A cylindrical two-handled amphora with tapering neck and a short, hollow foot in an orange-red fabric. Probably produced in the Aegean region (GR) and widely distributed around the eastern Mediterranean, but less common in the west.
Kingholm 117 amphoras	Eastern Empire	A small two-handled `cigar shaped' amphora with rilling on the body in a sandy red-brown ware. A rare type, probably related to the Camulodunum 189 `carrot' amphora and also originating in the eastern Mediterranean. 1st century AD.
London 555 amphoras		A cylindrical two-handled amphora with a groove just below the rim, handles with a groove on the outer face and a solid spike, in pale fabrics. A relatively rare type, only recently recognised as a class on sites in Britain and Gaul.
Mauretanian Dressel 30 amphoras	Africa	A flat-based two-handled amphora produced in Algeria and widely distributed around the western Mediterranean and more rarely in the north-west provinces during the 3rd century AD.
Mid-Roman Campanian amphoras	Italy	A cylindrical two-handled amphora with oval-section handles and an almond-shaped rim. The class (only recently recognized) was produced in Italy and has been recorded in gaul and Britain. 3rd century AD.