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Class : Amphoras
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Source : Eastern Empire
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Distribution in Britain
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Illustration
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Source of ware
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National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (Tomber & Dore 1998)
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Cross-reference from this group to fabric descriptions published in
The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (1998):
- P&W AM 44
- Peacock & Williams Class 44 amphorae p.108
Illustrations of these fabrics are available only in the printed catalogue: R. Tomber & J. Dore,
The national Roman fabric reference collection. A handbook
Museum of London Archaeology Service, London. MOLAS monograph 2. (1998). |
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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. |
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Fabric and technology
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Hard sandy cream or yellow fabric with white limestone inclusions
visible in the surface.
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Forms
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Two handled ovoid vessels with ribbed bodies, cylindrical necks
and beaded or thicked lips.
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Chronology
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From 5th to 7th c. AD.
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Source
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Several productions sites around the north-east Mediterranean,
including the Rhodes, Cyprus, but perhaps principally from the
south-east corner of Asia Minor (Cilicia) and the Antioch area.
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Distribution
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Wide distribution around Eastern Mediterranean; rarer in west,
but examples from Italy, Spain, southern Gaul, Switzerland, Brittany
and post-Roman sites in western Britain.
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Aliases
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Augst class 58. Keay fabric 18. Keay class
LIII. Peacock and Williams class 44 (Kuzmanov XIII, Scorpan
8B, Carthage LR1, Benghazi LR1, Keay LIII).
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Bibliography
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For sources: Empereur and Picon 1989. Distribution: Thomas 1981;
Giot and Querré 1985; Bonifay and Villedieu 1989; Pieri 1998;
Riley 1979. General: Tomber and Williams 1986; Fulford 1989;
Reynolds 1995, 71-83.
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References
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Bonifay and Villedieu 1989.
Bonifay, M. and Villedieu, F., 'Importations d'amphores orientales
en Gaule (Ve-VIIe siècles)' in Recherches sur la céramique
Byzantine, ed. V. Déroche and J.-M. Spieser, BCHsuppl, 18,
(1989), pp. 17-46.
Empereur and Picon 1989.
Empereur, J.-Y. and Picon, M., 'Les régions de production d'amphores
impériales en Méditerranée orientale' in Amphores romaines
et histoire économique: dix ans de recherche, Collection de
l'cole Française de Rome, 114, École Française de Rome,
Rome, (1989), pp. 223-48.
Fulford 1989.
Fulford, M. G., 'Byzantium and Britain: a Mediterranean perspective
on Post-Roman Mediterranean imports in western Britain and Ireland',
MedArch, 33, (1989), pp. 1-6.
Giot and Querré 1985.
Giot, P. R. and Querré, G., 'Le tesson d'amphore B 2 de l'le Lavret
(Bréhat, Côtes-du-Nord)', Revue Arch. Ouest, 2,
(1985), pp. 95-100.
Pieri 1998.
Pieri, D., 'les importations d'amphores oreintales en Gaule méridionale
durant l'Antiquité tardive et le Haut Moyen Age (IVe-VIIe siècles
après J.-C.). Typologie, chronologie et contenu' in Actes du
Congrès d'Istres. 21-24 mai 1998. Société Française d'tude de
la Céramique Antique, ed. L. Rivet, SFECAG, Marseille, (1998),
pp. 97-106.
Reynolds 1995.
Reynolds, P., Trade in the Western Mediterranean, AD 400-700:
The ceramic aevidence, BAR International Series, 604,
Tempvs Reparatvm, Oxford, (1995).
Riley 1979.
Riley, J. A., 'The coarse pottery from Benghazi' in Excavations
at Sidi Khrebish, Benghazi (Berenice). II, ed. J. A. Lloyd,
Supplements to Libya Antiqua, 5, Department of Antiquities,
Tripoli, (1979), pp. 91-497.
Thomas 1981.
Thomas, C., A provisional list of imported pottery in Post-Roman
Britain and Ireland, Special report, 7, Institute of
Cornish Studies, Redruth, (1981).
Tomber and Williams 1986.
Tomber, R. and Williams, D. F., 'Late Roman amphorae in Britain',
Journal of Roman Pottery Studies, 1, (1986), pp.
42-54.
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