- Dressel 5 Amphora [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Typology Item
- Not after (date)
- 200
- Not before (date)
- 1
- See also
- https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/details.cfm?id=112
- Broader
- Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- Also known as Knossos 19, type A53, A58, A61 and “sub-Koan“.
- Bibliography
- Hayes1983, p. 149
- Bibliography
- Panella1986, p. 618
- Description
- Late Hellenistic to Early Roman amphora probably for wine. Narrow cylindrical body tapering to short spike, sharply carinated shoulder, tall cylindrical neck with a small, rounded (“beaded“) rim, and tall, peaked, bifid handles. Made in eastern Aegean (Kos?) and distributed in Aegean and Adriatic regions.
- Has geographic origin
- Aegean Islands
- Has geographic origin
- Asia Minor
- Has geographic origin
- Greece
- Has geographic origin
- Kos
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
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“Dressel 5 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-dressel-5>
