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

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4. Description of the amphora types

Epigraphy. Some of the stoppers have letters and symbols. The inscription of no. 361 is probably FELIX.
No. 362 is not legible. The symbol on no. 364 resembles the one published from Magdalensberg563. No. 368
has Greek letters (flOXAIA?).



no. 361

no. 364


no. 368

Origin-, nos. 358-368 probably come from the Adriatic coast of Italy.

Fabric:
Visual characteristics
Fairly soft fabric. A number of groups can be distinguished.
1. Fine fabric, limestone and iron oxide inclusions, nos. 358, 360, 362 and 364
2. Very fine fabric, rare limestone inclusions, nos 359, 361 and 363
3. Limestone leaching. The microscope shows white reaction rims surrounding voids which once held
limestone, nos. 365-366
4. Frequent microfossils, iron oxide inclusions, no. 367
5. The microscope shows white reaction rims surrounding voids which once held limestone. Black, over fired
iron oxide inclusions, no. 368
6. Hard, red fabric no. 369

Catalogue
Tetragonos Agora
358. Disc, 95/025 (168k), Trench 95/2, DS = 9.5 cm, VS -
1.3 cm, VM = 3 cm, pale yellow (5Y 8/4), PLATES 32,
80
359. Disc, 95/025 (168h), Trench 95/2, DS = 10 cm, VS -
1.2 cm, VM = 3.5 cm, pink (5YR 7/4), PLATES 32, 80
360. Disc, 95/025 (168j), Trench 95/2, DS = 9.7 cm, VS -
1 cm, VM = 3 cm, buff (10YR 8/4), PLATES 32, 80
361. Disc, 90/127 (1186=1710), Trench 90/3, Stamp: FELIX,
DS = 9 cm, VS = 2.2 cm, VM = 3 cm, buff (10YR 8/4),
PLATES 32, 81
362. Disc, 91/043 (1731), Trench 91/2, DS = 8.6 cm, VS -
2 cm, VM - 3 cm, pale yellow (5Y 8/3), PLATES 32, 81
363. Disc, 87/020 (2005), Trench 87/1, DS = 9.2 cm, VS -
1.5 cm, VM = 2.8 cm, pink - reddish yellow (7.5YR 8/4—
8/6), PLATES 32, 81

364. Disc, 90/027 (338), Trench 90/2, Stamp: Simbol T, DS -
9.5 cm, VS = 1.5 cm, VM = 2.5 cm, pinkish white (7.5YR
8/2), PLATES 32,81
365. Disc, 90/027 (1618), Trench 90/2, DS = 8.8 cm, VS = 1.5 cm,
VM = 3 cm, greyish brown(2.5Y 5/2), PLATES 32, 81
366. Disc, 87/025 (1722), Trench 87/2, DS = 8.8 cm, VS -
1.1 cm, VM = 1.8 cm, buff (10YR 8/4), PLATES 32, 81
367. Disc, 87/059 (1724), Trench 87/4, DS = 9.5 cm, VS -
2.5 cm, VM = 3.2 cm, pink (5YR 8/4), PLATES 32, 81
368. Disc, 1986 (1267), Strayfind, Stamp: ?fIC>XAIA???, DS -
9.5 cm, VS = 2 cm, VM = 3.1 cm, light grey (2.5Y 7/2),
PLATES 32, 81
369. Disc, 89/019 (1341), Trench 89/2, DS = 10.2 cm, VS -
1 cm, VM = 4 cm, weak red (2.5YR 5/2), SF: red (2.5YR
5/6), PLATES 32,81

563 Piccottini 1973, 121.