- Lamboglia 2 Amphora [permalink]
- Type
- Typology Item
- Not after (date)
- 50
- Not before (date)
- -130
- See also
- https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/details.cfm?id=229
- Broader
- Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- Also classified as Peacock & Williams Class 8.
- Bibliography
- Boichot2021
- Bibliography
- Carreetal2014
- Bibliography
- Lund2000
- Bibliography
- Tchernia2016
- Description
- A widespread wine amphora chiefly manufactured along the central Adriatic coast of Italy during the Late Republic to the first years of the Empire. Thick-walled, baggy body with a short spike, a strong sloping shoulder, a tall, cylindrical neck, a thickened, triangular rim, and tall loop handles, circular to oval in section. Orangish red fabric with a buff surface, soft and smooth, with occasional quartz, iron, and limestone. Directly precedes Dressel 6A (q.v.), made in same region with similar material and morphology. Mainly 1st century BCE but production somewhat earlier and later.
- Has geographic origin
- Italy
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Republican (Historical Period)
