- Keay 39 Amphora [permalink]
- Type
- Typology Item
- See also
- https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/details.cfm?id=216
- Broader
- Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- Closely related to Keay 3B similis.
- Bibliography
- Keay1984
- Bibliography
- RemolaiVallverdu2000
- Description
- Rather common Late Roman amphora perhaps for olive oil in northwest Mediterranean region. Northwest African manufacture, probably Numidia-Mauretania. Large, wide, cylindrical amphora with a short, concave neck, a thickened, outsplayed rim, small loop handles, and a small, solid, spike toe with a knobby termination. Ligh red, fine, clayey fabric with rounded quartz particles. Second half of 4th to mid-5th century.
- Has geographic origin
- North Africa
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
