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MAZOU L., CAPELLI C. (2011), A local production of Mid Roman 1 amphorae at Latrun, Cyrenaica

Libyan Studies, 42, pp. 73-76, 2011

Excavations at the village of Erythron/Latrun near Apollonia in Cyrenaica uncovered a potter's rubbish dump in an abandoned Roman bath complex, thought to be linked to the nearby potter's kiln. Common wares and lamps were produced here and of particular note were Mid Roman 1 amphorae. These amphorae were thought to have been produced mainly in Sicily but also North Africa, and with the new discovery at Latrun we can now also add Cyrenaica to the list. Archaeometric (thin section) analysis on samples from the site confirms this theory.

Transport Amphorae from the Late Hellenistic Farmstead of Episkopi, Ioannina

MANUFACTURERS AND MARKETS The Contributions of Hellenistic Pottery to Economies Large and Small Proceedings of the 4th Conference of IARPotHP, Athens, November 2019, 11th–14th, 2022

The amphorae assemblage discussed in this paper was found in situ in the storerooms of a late Hellenistic – early Roman farmstead at the site of Episkopi, in central Epirus (Ioannina, Greece). According to the evidence of finds, the building was destroyed by fire around the first quarter of the 1st cent. B. C. The assemblage mainly consists of Lamboglia 2 type amphorae produced in the central and northern Adriatic Sea. Furthermore, types from Sicily and the central Mediterranean, as well as local/regional amphorae of “Macedonian type” have also been recorded. The remarkably homogeneous assemblage provides significant archaeological evidence about the trade and distribution of products from Italy to the hinterland of Epirus. In addition, it highlights the importance of the harbor of Actium at the entrance of the Ambracian Gulf, before the foundation of Actia Nikopolis by Augustus in 28 B. C.

Amphorae from the Roman port of Aenona

Zaton is a complex site comprising a submerged roman breakwater (measuring almost 200 m in length) and remains of the harbor installations on the ground. The breakwater has been excavated a number of times since 1968. and to date is the most researched Roman harbor in Croatia. While only a minor portion of the breakwater and the surrounding area have been excavated, the site yielded huge amounts of finds, and 3 wrecks – two seriliae, and a wooden ship built by a contemporary Roman shipbuilding technique. The most common finds are the pottery sherds, and a large number of amphora fragments. These amphorae originate from almost every corner of the Roman Empire – Betica and Galia in the west, Italy, the Eastern Mediterranean provinces, and North Africa, while among the finds are some local eastern Adriatic variants . Only finds from the excavations conducted in 2002 and later years come from a (arbitrary) stratified context. Although a small portion of the harbor is excavated, the focus of this article is to determine the kind of amphorae that were passing through the harbor. Certainly, this by no way completes the picture of amphora transport through the harbor. It gives us however a general understanding of the trade that occurred in the harbor from the 1st to the 4th century, and some indications of the possible nature of the cargo.

Alkaç, E. – Ceylan, F., “Thasian and Rhodian Stamped Amphorae from Edirne Archaeology and Ethnography Museum”, Geyphra 23, 185-196, 2022.

Amphorae are stamped by production centers, especially in the Aegean Region. Stamps, which are epigraphic evidence, provide the date of the layer or context they were found by determining the origin of the amphorae and reveals the commercial relations between the production and consumption centers. There are many amphorae in the Edirne Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography. These amphorae are recorded in various ways in the inventory of the museum. It was determined that only five of the amphorae in the museum collection were stamped. This article aims to classify the stamped amphorae according to their production centers, to give a date to the stamped amphorae and to analyze the inscriptions on the stamps. In this study, seven stamps on five amphorae with preserved double handles were examined. Three of these stamps are Thasos and four are Rhodes. Only two of the Rhodesian stamps have been resolved. As a result of our investigations, it was determined that these stamped amphorae belonged to Thasos and Rhodes. The stamps have the names of the eponym and the producer, ethnicon and symbol. The date of the stamps that can be read within the scope of this article is determined by the names of the eponyms and producers. It is understood that the stamped amphorae here are generally from between the 4th – 2nd centuries BCE.

MAZOU L., CAPELLI C., “A local production of Mid Roman 1 amphorae at Latrun, Cyrenaica”, Libyan Studies 42, 2011, p. 73-76.

Excavations at the village of Erythron/Latrun near Apollonia in Cyrenaica uncovered a potter's rubbish dump in an abandoned Roman bath complex, thought to be linked to the nearby potter's kiln. Common wares and lamps were produced here and of particular note were Mid Roman 1 amphorae. These amphorae were thought to have been produced mainly in Sicily but also North Africa, and with the new discovery at Latrun we can now also add Cyrenaica to the list. Archaeometric (thin section) analysis on samples from the site confirms this theory.