- Qaswaret 2530 Amphora [permalink]
- Type
- Typology Item
- Not after (date)
- 350
- Not before (date)
- 200
- Broader
- Amphora
- Bibliography
- ArthurOren1998, pp. 200, 201, fig. 5:9 (Sinai)
- Bibliography
- Reynolds2005, p. 567, fig. 44 (Bassit-Latakia)
- Bibliography
- Senol2018, p. 505, no. 407 (Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria)
- Description
- Wine amphora produced in coastal Syria mainly during the 3rd century but into the 4th century(?), with a chiefly Levantine distribution. Squat, steep conical body with low hollow toe, low sloping shoulder, cylindrical neck, outwardly thickened rim, vertical grooved loop handles. Red, hard, coarse fabric, sandy texture, with black volcanic, calcareous, and quartzitic inclusions.
- Has geographic origin
- Syria
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
