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A cylindrical two-handled amphora with an ovoid body, a neck with a
bulging profile and peaked handles. Produced in Crete (GR) and
distributed around the Mediterranean and sporadically across the
north-west provinces during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. |
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Fabric and technology
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Fine textured light brown fabrics.
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Forms
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Ovoid body tapering to short spike and long neck with a bulging
profile; long single rod handles with distinctive sharp peaks.
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Chronology
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1st and 2nd c. AD.
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Source
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Crete.
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Distribution
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Around the Mediterranean, with a scatter across Gaul, the Rhineland
and Britain.
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Aliases
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Augst class 7.
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Bibliography
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Discussion in Panella 1986, 615; Empereur, Markoulaki and Marangou
1989; Empereur, Kritzas and Marangou 1991; Martin-Kilcher 1994,
350, 550 (distribution map).
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References
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Empereur, Kritzas and Marangou 1991.
Empereur, J. Y., Kritzas, Ch. and Marangou, A., 'Recherches sur
les amphores crétoises II: Les centres de fabrication d'amphores
en Crète centrale', BCH, 115, (1991), pp. 49-523.
Empereur, Markoulaki and Marangou 1989.
Empereur, J. Y., Markoulaki, S. and Marangou, A., 'Recherches
sur les centres de fabrication d'amphores de Crète occidentale',
BCH, 113, (1989), pp. 551-80.
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).
Panella 1986.
Panella, C., 'Oriente et Occidente: considerazioni su alcune anfore
'egee' di età imperiale a Ostia' in Recherches sur les amphores
grecques, ed. J. Y. Empereur and Y. Garlan, BCHsuppl, 13,
Paris, (1986), pp. 609-36.
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