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4. Description of the amphora types

Catalogue
Tetragonos Agora
336. Rim fr, base fr., 95/100 (1286), Trench 95/2 (a), Stamp:
Ba(...), D = 16.2 cm, V = 2.8 cm, HD = 3.9 cm, H -
6.5 cm, BD = 4.2 cm, BH = 7.8 cm, very pale brown
(between 10YR 7/3 and 6/3), PLATES 30, 79
337. Handle fr., 89/005 (128), Trench 89/2, Stamp: Q.ANT.R,
Q. Ant(...) R[ug](a), H = 13 cm, S = 4.6x4.9 cm, dark buff
(7.5YR 6/4), PLATES 30, 79
338. Handle fr., 99/025 (922), R-sewer, Stamp: QIMF, Q. I()
M() F(), H = 10.2 cm, S = 4x4.9 cm, yellowish red (5YR
5/6), PLATES 30, 79
339. Base fr., inside with three fingerprints, 99/068 (1661),
R-sewer, H = 3.6 cm, buff - light brown (7.5YR 7/4
-7/6), PLATES 30, 79

Terrace House 2
580. Rim, neck, 99/270 (177), C8, Stairway 3, D = 15.5 cm,
V = 3.2 cm, HD = 4 cm, H - 5 cm, pink (7.5YR 8/4),
PLATES 44, 90
581. Handle, 99/291 (117), B9 Ost, 45c, H = 18.5 cm, S -
5 cm, light brown (7.5YR 6/4), PLATES 44, 90
Magnesian Gate
715. Handle fr., MT 99/1-8, H = 8.2 cm, S = 5.2x4 cm, light
brownish grey (10YR 6/2), SF: pink (7.5YR 7/4), PLATES
52, 95

Type 40

Beltran 1
(Included within Dressel 7-11)

On the basis of their common features, M. Beltran Lloris classified
the Dressel 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 amphorae as belonging to this group533.
Their bodies and bases are very similar. They most frequently contained
fish sauce or fish-based products534. This is known from the painted in-
scriptions535. There are very few amphorae of this type in Ephesus.



The amphora found in Ephesus
Agora
layer Data range no.
Ph 5c A.D. 23 to 45: West and North Halls, West Gate 344

Origin'. Most of them were produced along the southern coast of Spain, in Tarraconensis, in Lusitania and
on the western coast of Morocco536. 61 workshops have been published from the Spanish coast to the northern
regions of the peninsula537.
Distribution'. They can be found in the western Roman provinces, also in a few locations in North Africa
and in the northern provinces538.

Fabric:
Visual characteristics
Buff, hard sandy fabric, with abundant white and colorless grains and voids.
533 Beltran 1970, 388-420; Peacock - Williams 1986, 120 f.; Sciallano - Sibella 1994, Dressel 7-11; Martin-Kilcher 2003, 70.
534 Etienne - Mayet 2002, 27-53; Curtis 1991, 38-111; Sciallano - Sibella 1994, Dressel 7-11; Martin-Kilcher 2003, 69.
535 Zevi 1966, 229-247; Beltran 1970, 415-420; Liou 1993, 131-148; Martin-Kilcher 1994, 402-409; Martin-Kilcher 2003, 78.
536 Peacock 1971, 168; Peacock 1974, 232-243; Peacock - Williams 1986, 120; Edmondson 1987, 157-188; Ponsich 1998, 103-228;
Martin-Kilcher 1994, 393 - 395; Sciallano - Sibella 1994, Dressel 7-11; Panella 2001, 202 f.; Lagostena 2001, 31-201; Etienne -
Mayet 2002, 58-70, 159-177; Lagostena - Bernal 2004, 86-88, 106; Lagostena 2005, Dressel 7, 8, 9.
537 Etienne - Mayet 2002, 58-70, 159-177; Lagostena - Bernal 2004, 86-88, 106.
538 Peacock - Williams 1986, 120; Riley 1979, 159; Bezeczky 1987, 22; Maier-Maidl 1992, 105; Martin-Kilcher 2005, 208, 212;
Ehmig 2003, 47; Schimmer 2009, 52.