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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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Roman Pottery in Britain (Tyers 1996)
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This ware is discussed on p.102-104 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : B4
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Roman Amphoras in Britain (Internet Archaeology 1)
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Further details of this amphora type are available in the paper Roman amphoras in Britain (Internet Archaeology 1 1996), including:
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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):
- ASM AM
- Asia Minor (Micaceous) amphorae p.82
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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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
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Fabric samples Scale (when present) in cm.
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Photograph 1
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Photograph 2
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Bibliography
Lemaître (1997)
gives an account of the earlier one-handled variant of this
type in Gaul, which she labels the Agora F65/66. It is
evident that the earliest examples from Gaul and Germany
(including specimens from Haltern and Saint-Romain-en-Gal)
date to the Augustan period, although it is certainly rare at
that period and during the 1st cent. AD. It does not become
more common (and then only on urban sites) until the later 2nd
or 3rd cent. AD. Several different fabrics (or variants) are
also defined.
Pieri (1998)
gives an account of late Roman amphoras in Gaul, including the
Late Roman 3 (B4) type.
References
Lemaître 1997
Lemaître, S., `L'amphore de type Agora F65/F66 dite "monoansée". Essai de synthèse à partir d'exemplaires lyonnais' in Actes du Congrès du Mans. 8-11 mai 1997. Société Française d'Étude de la Céramique Antique en Gaule, ed. L. Rivet, SFECAG, Marseille, (1997), pp. 311-320.
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'Étude de la Céramique Antique, ed. L. Rivet, SFECAG, Marseille, (1998), pp. 97-106.
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