Dressel 23 Amphora [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Typology Item
Not after (date)
525
Not before (date)
200
See also
https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/details.cfm?id=87
Broader
Amphora
Typological identification comment
Also known as Keay 13 and Peacock & Williams 26. Smaller derivative of late Dressel 20.
Bibliography
BeltranLloris1970
Bibliography
Keay1984
Bibliography
MartinKilcher1994
Description
This Middle to Late Roman Amphora has an wide, round to globular (“lemon-shaped“) body, a small spike or knob toe, a short, wide, cylindrical neck with a triangular rim, and two small, heavy loop handles, round to elliptical in section. Produced in southern Spain.
Has geographic origin
Spain
Has geographic origin
Western Mediterranean
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Roman (Historical Period)
Linked to

KTH2396 (Middle-Late Roman South Spanish Keay 13B/C Amphora)

Suggested citation
“Dressel 23 Amphora.” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/typology/p-dressel-23>