- Tripolitanian Amphora [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Typology Item
- Broader
- Amphora
- Bibliography
- Arthur1982
- Bibliography
- Panella1973
- Bibliography
- ZeviTchernia1969
- Description
- Chiefly an Early to Middle Roman amphora form has a large, long, cylndrical body with a spike toe, a short neck with a widened to drooping or stepped rim, and small loop handles at the neck or shoulder. Classified in earlier and later subtypes 1, 2, and 3 with different rims. Made in southeastern Tunisia to western Libya during the 1st-4th centuries.
- Has geographic origin
- Tripolitania
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
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“Tripolitanian Amphora.” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/typology/p-amphora-tripolitanian>
