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Class : Amphoras
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Source : Iberia
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Distribution in Britain
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Source of ware
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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. |
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Photograph 1
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Photograph 2
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Fabric and technology
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Pale buff-grey fabric with numerous white limestone inclusions.
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Forms
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Long cylindrical body terminating in short hollow spike with short
neck and thick triangular rim, to which the thick round handles
are joined.
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Stamps
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Stamps on some handles (list in Edmondson 1987, 167-170).
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Chronology
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4th to 5th c. AD.
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Source
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Lusitania (Portugal), particularly the Algarve.
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Distribution
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Around Western Mediterranean (including examples from wrecks)
with a few specimens from northern Gaul and Britain.
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Aliases
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Keay class XXII. Lusitania (Edmondson) type II.
Peacock and Williams class 22 (Ostia VII, Keay XXII).
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Bibliography
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Discussion in: Keay 1984, 151, 155; Edmondson 1987, 165-170,
175; Alarcão and Mayet 1990.
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References
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Alarcão and Mayet 1990.
Alarcão, A. and Mayet, F., (eds), Les amphores lusitaniennes.
Typologie, production, commerce., Museu Monográfico de Conimbriga,
Conimbriga, (1990).
Edmondson 1987.
Edmondson, J. C., Two industries in Roman Lusitania. Mining
and garum production, British archaeological reports. International
series, 362, Oxford, (1987).
Keay 1984.
Keay, S. J., Late Roman amphorae in the Western Mediterranean:
a typology and economic study. The Catalan evidence, British
archaeological reports. International Series, 196, BAR,
Oxford, (1984).
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