- Crypta Balbi 2 [permalink]
- Type
- Typology Item
- See also
- https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/details.cfm?id=63
- Broader
- Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- Also classified as Carminiello Type 17.
- Bibliography
- Arthur1998, pp. 172-173, fig. 9.3-5
- Bibliography
- Sagui1998, pp. 320, 321, n. 58, fig. 10:2-8
- Description
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine amphora of uncertain origin, perhaps southern Italy (Sicily-Calabria), according to presence in Italy to Carthage. Small, ovoid to elliptical body with tall rounded shoulder, narrow, biconical neck, widely everted rim, loop handles, and a short, hollow base. Reddish brown to red fabric, hard and sandy. 4th-7th centuries.
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
