KE 2189 (Dressel 6A Amphora with Stamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Writing transcription
Sex(tus) Iul(ius) Orp(heus)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 631
Typological identification
Amphora Stamp
Typological identification
Dressel 6 Amphora
Typological identification comment
Likely production in northeastern Italy (Venetia, Istria).
Comparanda
Stamp: cf. Zaccaria1989, pp. 473, 474 (Magdalensburg, Rome)
Comparanda
Stamp: see CiprianoMazzochin2019, p. 242 (Veneto)
Description
Wide body, thick-walled, with strong carination to steep sloping shoulder. Stamp of producer in rectangular format on mid-shoulder: [SE]X̣ • IVL • ORP .
Preservation description
One large sherd preserves ca. 20% of shoulder and upper body. Slight, extensive abrasion with cracking and scoring; worn breaks; specks of encrustation in grooves and wide clouds of black discoloration.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, pp. 109-110, no. RC 1c, pl. 28 (B. Adamsheck)
Estimated diameter upper bound
0.37
Preserved height
0.154
Wall thickness
0.025
Chronology comment
Late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph