KE 1488 (Dressel 6 Amphora with Stamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Writing transcription
T(iti) H(elvii) B(asilae)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 384
Typological identification
Amphora Stamp
Typological identification
Dressel 6 Amphora
Typological identification comment
Production in central-southern Italian Adriatic coast.
Comparanda
Stamp cf. BlancBijonetal1998, p. 127, nos. 852-853 (Adriatic Italy)
Comparanda
Stamp cf. CiprianoCarre1989, pp. 85-88
Comparanda
cf. Ke 2190-P 632
Comparanda
cf. CafiniDAlessandro2010, p. 97, fig. 10 (Nuovo Mercato Testaccio, Rome)
Comparanda
cf. Carreetal1995, p. 80, no. 223, pl. 3 (Adriatic Italy)
Comparanda
cf. CiprianoMazzochin2011, p. 353, no. 7 (Padua)
Comparanda
cf. Demesticha2015, p. 65, fig. 5.3 (off Cape Kiti, Cyprus)
Comparanda
cf. MeyzaBaginska2013, p. 136 (Nea Paphos)
Comparanda
cf. PasquinucciMenchelli2002, pp. 459-460 (Firmum Picenum)
Comparanda
cf. Senol2018, pp. 302-303, no. 259 (Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria)
Comparanda
cf. Toniolo1991, pp. 46, 47, 68, 100, 144, 186-187, nos. 21, 23, 40, 71, 94, 141, 142, figs. 60, 62, 128, 202, 203, 334 (Altino, Padua)
Description
Wide body, heavy and thick-walled, with low sloping shoulder. Tall, vertical handle, oval to angular in section. Stamp of producer in rectangular format centered on shoulder: T·H[·B] .
Preservation description
One large sherd preserves part of upper body with shoulder and one lower handle attachment. Extensive, moderate abrasion with gouging and chipping; severely worn breaks; extensive patches of encrustation. Weathering consistent with long marine submersion.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, p. 112, no. RC 8b (B. Adamsheck)
Chronology comment
First half 1st century C.E. (Tiberian-Caligulan?)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Pagescan
Photograph