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4. Description of the amphora types
Type 31
Dressel 21-22
(Schoene 4; Callender 4; Ostia 54; Peacock - Williams 7)
Form: This type has a very wide mouth which in some cases has a double rim444. J ”=L J
The neck of the earliest pieces is almost as wide as the rim. The neck later disappeared * Il /
or became a part of the bag-shaped body. There is a solid spike at the bottom. The f —-
handles are attached to the neck immediately below the rim and follow the body quite
closely. The handles of the amphorae in Ephesus are flat in section. Sometimes there I
are two ribs along the handles. The rims of the earliest vessels with the POST.CVRT \ \
stamp are somewhat wider and thicker than those of the later pieces445. Recently, E. \ \
Botte has set up four major typological groups446. The amphorae in Ephesus belong to 1 \
his groups la and 3. There are few amphorae of this type in Ephesus.
Chronology. The type was dated, mainly on the basis of the Italian amphorae, to the
first century A.D.447. It is now thought that their production started in the last quarter of the first century B.C.,
and continued until the end of the first century A.D.448. The vessels from d’Alcamo Marina in Sicily are dated
to the period between the end of the first century B.C. and the age of Tiberius449. The inception of the amphora
production can be estimated at the middle of the first century B.C. on the basis of the stamps of Postumus
Curtius.
The amphorae found in Ephesus
Agora
layers Data range
Ph 4 30/27 B.C. to 3 B.C., up to A.D. 23
Ph 11 Unstratified complexes
nos.
300-319
320
Epigraphy, Inscription, Contents'. The known inscriptions usually refer to the content of the amphorae.
The titulus pictus CET of the amphorae in Spain, Sicily and Pompeii refer to fish-based food. The titulus
pictus in: LIQ(uaminis) F(los) EXCE(llens) also refers to fish-based food450.
CET-no. 316
The painted inscription CET
is on the rim of the amphora.
The reading of the final let-
ter T is somewhat uncertain.
This titulus pictus in red
paint occurs on an amphora
which was produced in Ca-
labria or Sicily.
444 CIL XV, 21-22; CIL IV, Pl. II-III; Lamboglia 1955, 243 fig 2; Zevi 1966, 222; Peacock-Williams 1986, 96 f.; Panella 2001, 194,
fig. 2 nos. 9-10; Botte 2009, 117-120.
445 Berlin 1997, 164, PW 539, Pl. 68, there is an important remark referring to the provenance of the vessel: “few medium and small
black inclusions”. The description and the formal characteristics fit those of the amphorae that have the Postumus stamp.
446 Botte 2009, 121-162; Botte 2009a, 149-163.
447 Zevi 1966, 222; Panella 1970, 112 f„ 120; Beltran 1970, 511; Toniolo 1991, 29.
448 Panella 1973, 496; Domergue 1973, 112-115; Hesnard 1980, 150; Beltran 1982, 214; Van der Werff 1986, 114; Peacock - Wil-
liams 1986, 97; Williams - Panella 2005, Dressel 21-22.
449 Botte 2009, 121-124, 132; Cerda Juan 1980,78, no. 132; Van der Werff 1986, 114; Etienne - Mayet 2002, 120.
450 CIL IV, 5716; Etienne - Mayet 2002, 118, 122; Giorgetti et al. 2006; Botte 2009, 120-158; It was supposed that the abbreviations
CE can either refer to cherry (ceras'ZM/w), or waxed plum (cerinae) and MAL refers to apple (malum), Dressel 1879, 166—172.
4. Description of the amphora types
Type 31
Dressel 21-22
(Schoene 4; Callender 4; Ostia 54; Peacock - Williams 7)
Form: This type has a very wide mouth which in some cases has a double rim444. J ”=L J
The neck of the earliest pieces is almost as wide as the rim. The neck later disappeared * Il /
or became a part of the bag-shaped body. There is a solid spike at the bottom. The f —-
handles are attached to the neck immediately below the rim and follow the body quite
closely. The handles of the amphorae in Ephesus are flat in section. Sometimes there I
are two ribs along the handles. The rims of the earliest vessels with the POST.CVRT \ \
stamp are somewhat wider and thicker than those of the later pieces445. Recently, E. \ \
Botte has set up four major typological groups446. The amphorae in Ephesus belong to 1 \
his groups la and 3. There are few amphorae of this type in Ephesus.
Chronology. The type was dated, mainly on the basis of the Italian amphorae, to the
first century A.D.447. It is now thought that their production started in the last quarter of the first century B.C.,
and continued until the end of the first century A.D.448. The vessels from d’Alcamo Marina in Sicily are dated
to the period between the end of the first century B.C. and the age of Tiberius449. The inception of the amphora
production can be estimated at the middle of the first century B.C. on the basis of the stamps of Postumus
Curtius.
The amphorae found in Ephesus
Agora
layers Data range
Ph 4 30/27 B.C. to 3 B.C., up to A.D. 23
Ph 11 Unstratified complexes
nos.
300-319
320
Epigraphy, Inscription, Contents'. The known inscriptions usually refer to the content of the amphorae.
The titulus pictus CET of the amphorae in Spain, Sicily and Pompeii refer to fish-based food. The titulus
pictus in: LIQ(uaminis) F(los) EXCE(llens) also refers to fish-based food450.
CET-no. 316
The painted inscription CET
is on the rim of the amphora.
The reading of the final let-
ter T is somewhat uncertain.
This titulus pictus in red
paint occurs on an amphora
which was produced in Ca-
labria or Sicily.
444 CIL XV, 21-22; CIL IV, Pl. II-III; Lamboglia 1955, 243 fig 2; Zevi 1966, 222; Peacock-Williams 1986, 96 f.; Panella 2001, 194,
fig. 2 nos. 9-10; Botte 2009, 117-120.
445 Berlin 1997, 164, PW 539, Pl. 68, there is an important remark referring to the provenance of the vessel: “few medium and small
black inclusions”. The description and the formal characteristics fit those of the amphorae that have the Postumus stamp.
446 Botte 2009, 121-162; Botte 2009a, 149-163.
447 Zevi 1966, 222; Panella 1970, 112 f„ 120; Beltran 1970, 511; Toniolo 1991, 29.
448 Panella 1973, 496; Domergue 1973, 112-115; Hesnard 1980, 150; Beltran 1982, 214; Van der Werff 1986, 114; Peacock - Wil-
liams 1986, 97; Williams - Panella 2005, Dressel 21-22.
449 Botte 2009, 121-124, 132; Cerda Juan 1980,78, no. 132; Van der Werff 1986, 114; Etienne - Mayet 2002, 120.
450 CIL IV, 5716; Etienne - Mayet 2002, 118, 122; Giorgetti et al. 2006; Botte 2009, 120-158; It was supposed that the abbreviations
CE can either refer to cherry (ceras'ZM/w), or waxed plum (cerinae) and MAL refers to apple (malum), Dressel 1879, 166—172.
