- Dressel 1 Amphora [permalink]
- Type
- Typology Item
- Not after (date)
- -1
- Not before (date)
- -140
- See also
- https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/details.cfm?id=324
- Broader
- Amphora
- Bibliography
- Hesnardetal1989
- Bibliography
- Lamboglia1955, pp. 246-248
- Bibliography
- Tchernia2016
- Description
- A popular form of Late Republican amphora that was produced chiefly in central to southwestern Italy but also in a limited capacity in coastal Gaul and Spain. Tall, cylindrical body with distinct or ridged carination at shoulder, solid spike, cylindrical neck, a heavy, collared rim, with tall vertical handles, oval in section. Distribution chiefly in central to western Mediterranean, but not uncommon in southeastern Europe.
- Has geographic origin
- Italy
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Republican (Historical Period)
