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Class : Amphoras
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Distribution in Britain
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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 50
- Peacock & Williams Class 50 amphorae p.110
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 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. |
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Fabric and technology
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Hard reddish-brown fabric with paler surfaces with numerous rounded
limestone inclusions.
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Forms
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Two-handled amphora with slender tapering body, curving neck,
flaring towards the rim.
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Chronology
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3rd and 4th c. AD.
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Source
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Uncertain. A possible example from Benghazi (Riley 1979, fig.96
399) cited by Martin Kilcher (1994, 440, fn 584) may suggest a
source in the Mediterranean.
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Distribution
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Very few specimens have been identified, and these are from Britain
and Gaul.
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Aliases
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Augst class 53. Peacock and Williams class 50 ().
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Bibliography
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Discussion in: Peacock 1977; Martin-Kilcher 1994, 440.
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References
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Martin-Kilcher 1994.
Martin-Kilcher, S., Die römischen Amphoren aus Augst und Kaiseraugst.
Ein Beitrag zur römischen Handels- und Kulturgeschichte. 2, Die
Amphoren für Wein, Fischsauce, Südfrüchte (Gruppen 2-24) und Gesamtauswertung,
Forschungen in Augst, 7, Römermuseum, Augst, (1994).
Peacock 1977.
Peacock, D. P. S., 'Late Roman amphora from Chalk, near Gravesend,
Kent' in Roman Pottery Studies in Britain and Beyond: papers
presented to John Gillam, ed. J. Dore and K. Greene, British
Archaeological Review, Supplementary series, 30, (1977),
pp. 295-300.
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.
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