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Class : Amphoras
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Source : Iberia
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Distribution in Britain
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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.87-89 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : DR20
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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
- BAT AM 2
- Baetican (Late) amphorae 2 p.85
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 large globular amphora with substantial cylindrical handles
and a prominent beaded or angular rim in a characteristic granular
fabric, produced in the Spanish province of Baetica from the 1st
to 3rd centuries and exported in very large numbers around the western
Mediterranean and across the north-west provinces. |
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Fabric samples Scale (when present) in cm.
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Photograph 1
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| Updates and new references |
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Bibliography
Funari
(1996)
has published a review of Dressel 20 amphoras in Britain,
including a catalogue of stamps, and a comments on the role
and status of olive oil in the province.
References
Funari 1996
Funari, P. P. A., Dressel 20 inscriptions from Britain and the consumption of Spanish olive oil. With a catalogue of stamps, Bar British Series, 250, Tempvs Reparatvm, Oxford, (1996).
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