Bezeczky, Tamás; Scherrer, Peter; Sauer, Roman; Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut [Contr.]: The amphorae of Roman Ephesus (Forschungen in Ephesos, Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2013)

Type 40-1

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Catalogue
Tetragonos Agora Magnesian Gate
344. Rim, neck fr., 89/090 (1352); Trench 89/3, D = 18 cm, 714. Handle fr., MT 99/1- 7, H = 7.6 cm, S = 2.5x5 cm, very
V = 2 cm, HD = 3.9 cm, H = 5.9 cm, buff (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 7/3 - 8/3), PLATES 52, 95
PLATES 31, 79

The amphora published from Ephesus:
Lucas Grave (Lukasgrab): Ladstatter 2010b, K 931.

Type 40-1

Beltran 1 (Dressel 7)
(Dressel 7-11; Augst 23 a)

Form: Long, thick rim, cylindrical neck, oval body. The base is short. The long, flat handle g
is finely ribbed. 1
Chronology. The type was in production from the last third of the first century B.C. to the r
mid first century A.D.539. There are very few amphorae of this type in Ephesus. /
The amphora found in Ephesus \
Agora \
layer Data range no.
Ph 4 30/27 B.C. to 3 B.C., up to A.D. 23 340
Origin-. This type was produced along the southern Spanish coast (Cadiz and Malaga region) and
Morocco540.
Distribution-. They can be found in Italy and the western Roman provinces and in the northwestern
Roman provinces and also in a few locations in the eastern Mediterranean541.
Fabric:
Visual characteristics
Buff, hard fabric, with abundant white and colorless grains and voids.
Catalogue
Tetragonos Agora
340. Rim, neck fr., 89/029 (1317), Trench 89/2, D = 20 cm,
V = 2.6 cm, HD = 4.5 cm, H = 11.2 cm, buff (10YR 7/4),
PLATES 31, 79

539 Etienne - Mayet 2002, 124; Martin-Kilcher 2003, 73, 77; Lagostena 2005, Dressel 7.
540 Peacock 1974, 234-241; Sciallano - Sibella 1994, Dressel 7; Lagostena 1996, 156; Etienne - Mayet 2002, 58-70, 159-177; Lago-
stena 2005, Dressel 7; Lagostena - Bernal 2004, 86-88, 106.
541 Martin-Kilcher 1994, 399; Bernal Casasola 2000, 940-962; Martin-Kilcher 2005, 208, 212; Ehmig 2003, 47; Lagostena 2005,
Dressel 7.