Beirut 8 Amphora [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Typology Item
Not after (date)
650
Not before (date)
450
See also
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/details.cfm?id=39
Broader
Amphora
Bibliography
Reynolds2000
Description
A Late Antique amphora with a tall, narrow truncoconical body resting on a small, domed based with large loop handles and a cylindrical neck with a folded or plain rim. A smaller form develops at a later date. Made at workshops in central to southern Phoenicia, around Beirut and around and/or north of Akko.
Has geographic origin
Beirut
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)