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Type 60
173
Type 59
Zeest 75
Form: This large amphora has a wide rim, a widening neck and a widening oval body
ending in a small knob. The handles reach the upper part of the body from below the rim.
There are (one or two) grooves on the internal and external parts of the handles. Two versions
have been described by I. B. Zeest687. The rims are different and the neck and body of one of
the versions has horizontal ribbing. A. Opait has recently described four versions and a Zeest
75 similis version as well688. There are very few amphorae of this type in Ephesus.
Chronology. Second and third centuries A.D.689. The pieces in Ephesus were collected
during a field survey.
Origin and Contents'. Fish-based product, North Pontic region690.
Distribution'. Mainly the Black Sea region, Athens and Rome691.
Fabric:
Visual characteristics
There are two fabric groups.
1. Hard, fine fabric, a few white (limestone), iron oxide, grey and mica inclusions (perhaps quartz), no. 719.
2. Hard fabric, frequent colourless and grey inclusions, limestone and white reaction rims surrounding voids
which once held limestone, nos. 720 and 721.
Catalogue
Magnesian Gate
719. Handle fr., MT 99/1-30, H = 9.7 cm, S = 3.5x5.9 cm, 721. Handle fr., MT 99/1-14, H = 22 cm, S = 3x6 cm, light red
reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), PLATES 52, 96 (2.5YR 6/8), PLATES 52, 96
720. Handle fr., MT 99/1-31, H = 10 cm, S = 3.5x6.2 cm, red
(2.5YR 5/6), PLATES 52, 96
Type 60
Zeest 80
(Knossos 38 /Mid Roman Amphora 5)
Form: A large amphora. “Wide neck with thickened flat-topped rim, marked off by deep
groove(s) on outside...broad baggy body with ribbing, rounded or shallow conical bottom,
endling in a short toe or knob, handles heavy, rounded-sectioned, with shallow external
grooving”692. Some of the amphorae (Mid Roman Amphora 5) of Berenice (Sidi Khrebish)
have been published693. The early version is large with a volume of 100 litres. The later
version contains 60-50 litres694. There is a rim fragment at the Terrace House 2. There are
very few amphorae of this type in Ephesus.
687 Zeest 1960, 113.
588 Opait 2007b, 109.
689 Zeest 1960, 113; Opait 2007b, 110; Lund 2007, 187.
690 Opait 2007b, 110.
691 Zeest 1960, 113; Opait 2007b, 109 f.; Lund 2007, 187.
692 Zeest 1960, 114 f. Pl. 33; Hayes 1983, 155; Panella 1986, 627, fig. 26; ApceHbeaa - HayMeHKO 1992, 142 f., Type 22; Abadie-
Reynal 1999, 260 fig. 12.
693 Riley 1979, 188.
694 Opait 2004a, 26, Pl. 16.
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Type 59
Zeest 75
Form: This large amphora has a wide rim, a widening neck and a widening oval body
ending in a small knob. The handles reach the upper part of the body from below the rim.
There are (one or two) grooves on the internal and external parts of the handles. Two versions
have been described by I. B. Zeest687. The rims are different and the neck and body of one of
the versions has horizontal ribbing. A. Opait has recently described four versions and a Zeest
75 similis version as well688. There are very few amphorae of this type in Ephesus.
Chronology. Second and third centuries A.D.689. The pieces in Ephesus were collected
during a field survey.
Origin and Contents'. Fish-based product, North Pontic region690.
Distribution'. Mainly the Black Sea region, Athens and Rome691.
Fabric:
Visual characteristics
There are two fabric groups.
1. Hard, fine fabric, a few white (limestone), iron oxide, grey and mica inclusions (perhaps quartz), no. 719.
2. Hard fabric, frequent colourless and grey inclusions, limestone and white reaction rims surrounding voids
which once held limestone, nos. 720 and 721.
Catalogue
Magnesian Gate
719. Handle fr., MT 99/1-30, H = 9.7 cm, S = 3.5x5.9 cm, 721. Handle fr., MT 99/1-14, H = 22 cm, S = 3x6 cm, light red
reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), PLATES 52, 96 (2.5YR 6/8), PLATES 52, 96
720. Handle fr., MT 99/1-31, H = 10 cm, S = 3.5x6.2 cm, red
(2.5YR 5/6), PLATES 52, 96
Type 60
Zeest 80
(Knossos 38 /Mid Roman Amphora 5)
Form: A large amphora. “Wide neck with thickened flat-topped rim, marked off by deep
groove(s) on outside...broad baggy body with ribbing, rounded or shallow conical bottom,
endling in a short toe or knob, handles heavy, rounded-sectioned, with shallow external
grooving”692. Some of the amphorae (Mid Roman Amphora 5) of Berenice (Sidi Khrebish)
have been published693. The early version is large with a volume of 100 litres. The later
version contains 60-50 litres694. There is a rim fragment at the Terrace House 2. There are
very few amphorae of this type in Ephesus.
687 Zeest 1960, 113.
588 Opait 2007b, 109.
689 Zeest 1960, 113; Opait 2007b, 110; Lund 2007, 187.
690 Opait 2007b, 110.
691 Zeest 1960, 113; Opait 2007b, 109 f.; Lund 2007, 187.
692 Zeest 1960, 114 f. Pl. 33; Hayes 1983, 155; Panella 1986, 627, fig. 26; ApceHbeaa - HayMeHKO 1992, 142 f., Type 22; Abadie-
Reynal 1999, 260 fig. 12.
693 Riley 1979, 188.
694 Opait 2004a, 26, Pl. 16.
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