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Class : Amphoras
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Source : Italy / Iberia / Gaul / Eastern Empire
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Distribution in Britain
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| Distribution summary |
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Illustration
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Illustration (Dressel type series)
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 Illustration from Dressel's original type series.
Source: H. Dressel Corpus Inscriptionum Latinorum, XV, Pars 1 Rome (1899)
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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.90 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : DR2-4
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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):
- BAT AM 1
- Baetican (Early) amphorae 1 p.84
- CAM AM 1
- Campanian (Black sand) amphorae 1 p.88
- CAM AM 2
- (Northern) Campanian amphorae 2 p.89
- CAT AM
- Catalan amphorae p.91
- ITA AM 2
- Italian? (Feldspathic) amphorae 2 p.98
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 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. |
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Photograph 1
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| Updates and new references |
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Bibliography
Comas Solà (1998)
describes the distribution of Catalan Dressel 2-4s in Gaul,
with maps.
References
ComasSolà 1998
ComasSolà, M., `Présence et absence des amphores léetaniennes en Gaule' 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. 225-234.
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