- Kapitän 1 Amphora [permalink]
- Type
- Typology Item
- Not after (date)
- 300
- Not before (date)
- 140
- See also
- https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/details.cfm?id=155
- Broader
- Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- Also classified as Ostia 9 and Peacock & Williams Class 56.
- Bibliography
- Kapitan1972, p. 246
- Bibliography
- Manacorda1977, pp. 226-227, 282, 369-370 (Ostia)
- Bibliography
- Panella1973, pp. 592-595 (Ostia)
- Description
- Early-Middle Roman amphora, perhaps produced in Aegean basin, with thin but wide distribution across Mediterranean. Conical to carrot-shaped body with low rounded shoulder, tall cylnidrical neck with plain, rounded or collar neck and tall, vertical loop handles, and solid spike at base. Dull brown, hard, gritty fabric with calcareous and volcanic(?) inclusions.
- Chronology comment
- Mid-2nd-3rd century
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
