- Agora M273 Amphora [permalink]
- Type
- Typology Item
- Not after (date)
- 500
- Not before (date)
- 300
- See also
- https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/details.cfm?id=9
- Broader
- Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- Related to, perhaps precursor of, Samos Cistern Amphora. Also classified as Opaiț C3-1.
- Bibliography
- AgoraV, pp. 109-110, no. M 273, pls. 29, 58 (H. S. Robinson)
- Bibliography
- Arthur1998
- Bibliography
- Opait2014
- Description
- Late Roman amphora made in eastern Aegean or western Asia Minor, with wide distribution. Large ovoid body with ridging, a short spike toe, a cylindrical neck with a rounded, thickened rim, and short vertical loop handle. Light to reddish brown fabric of variable hardness with mixed mica, quartz, limestone; cf. Samos Cistern and others in its shape family. 4th-5th century.
- Has geographic origin
- Asia Minor
- Has geographic origin
- Greece
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
