Tripolitanian Amphora [permalink]
Type
Typology Item
Broader
Amphora
Bibliography
Arthur1982
Bibliography
Panella1973
Bibliography
ZeviTchernia1969
Description
Chiefly an Early to Middle Roman amphora form has a large, long, cylndrical body with a spike toe, a short neck with a widened to drooping or stepped rim, and small loop handles at the neck or shoulder. Classified by rim in earlier and later subtypes (1-3). Made in southeastern Tunisia to western Libya during the 1st-4th centuries.
Has geographic origin
Tripolitania
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Roman (Historical Period)
Linked to

KP1990-005 (Tripolitanian Amphora)

Tripolitanian Amphora Type 1

Tripolitanian Amphora Type 2