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4. Description of the amphora types
Chronology. The type is dated from the end of the first century A.D. to the sixth century A.D.695. The third
century A.D. saw the bulk of the export.
The amphora found in Ephesus
Terrace House 2
layer Data range
5a Early third century A.D.
no.
625
Origin-. There are at least two manufacturing sites, perhaps in the central and northern Aegean area and a
late variant in the Black Sea (Pontic) region696.
Distribution-. There are pieces in Ostia, Berenike, Crete, Athens, Corinth, Dalmatia, Scythia, the Black Sea
region, Tanais, Apollonia697.
Fabric.
Reddish brown (5YR 5/6), large (0.1-0.5 mm) grains of quartz, occasional iron oxide grains (1mm).
Catalogue
Terrace House 2
625. Handle, 99/069 (119), A3, Stairway 1, H = 13.2 cm, S -
4x3.7 cm, reddish brown (5YR 5/6), PLATES 48, 93
The amphora published from Ephesus:
Tetragonos Agora, South Gate: Gassner 1997, 252 T. 76, no. H 105.
Type 61
Zeest 84B
(Scorpan 10D; Radulescu 4; Popilian 66)
Form: This amphora has a cylindrical neck, small rim and oval body. The spike is separated
from the body by a well-defined line. The rounded handles are attached to the neck below the
rim and to the upper part of the body. The section of the handle is either circular or oval698.
There are very few amphorae of this type in Ephesus.
Chronology. I.B. Zeest suggests they are dated to the second or third centuries A.D.
The amphorae found in Ephesus
Agora
layers Data range
Ph 6 Mid first to late fourth centuries A.D.
Ph 7-9 Late fourth to early seventh centuries A.D.
nos.
399,406
405
695 Zeest 1960, 114 f. Pl. 33; Hayes 1983, 155 Type 38; Panella 1986, 628; Lund 2007, 184; Williams 2005, Mid Roman Amphora 5.
696 Opait 2004a, 26.
697 Riley 1979, 188; Hayes 1983, 155; Williams - Zervos 1983, 15; Anderson-Stojanovic 1992, Pl. 80 no. 682-683; ApceHbeBa -
HayMemco 1992, 142 f.; Opait 2004a, 26; in Athens inv.no. P 25597- P 25598;
698 Zeest 1960, 116, T 35.
4. Description of the amphora types
Chronology. The type is dated from the end of the first century A.D. to the sixth century A.D.695. The third
century A.D. saw the bulk of the export.
The amphora found in Ephesus
Terrace House 2
layer Data range
5a Early third century A.D.
no.
625
Origin-. There are at least two manufacturing sites, perhaps in the central and northern Aegean area and a
late variant in the Black Sea (Pontic) region696.
Distribution-. There are pieces in Ostia, Berenike, Crete, Athens, Corinth, Dalmatia, Scythia, the Black Sea
region, Tanais, Apollonia697.
Fabric.
Reddish brown (5YR 5/6), large (0.1-0.5 mm) grains of quartz, occasional iron oxide grains (1mm).
Catalogue
Terrace House 2
625. Handle, 99/069 (119), A3, Stairway 1, H = 13.2 cm, S -
4x3.7 cm, reddish brown (5YR 5/6), PLATES 48, 93
The amphora published from Ephesus:
Tetragonos Agora, South Gate: Gassner 1997, 252 T. 76, no. H 105.
Type 61
Zeest 84B
(Scorpan 10D; Radulescu 4; Popilian 66)
Form: This amphora has a cylindrical neck, small rim and oval body. The spike is separated
from the body by a well-defined line. The rounded handles are attached to the neck below the
rim and to the upper part of the body. The section of the handle is either circular or oval698.
There are very few amphorae of this type in Ephesus.
Chronology. I.B. Zeest suggests they are dated to the second or third centuries A.D.
The amphorae found in Ephesus
Agora
layers Data range
Ph 6 Mid first to late fourth centuries A.D.
Ph 7-9 Late fourth to early seventh centuries A.D.
nos.
399,406
405
695 Zeest 1960, 114 f. Pl. 33; Hayes 1983, 155 Type 38; Panella 1986, 628; Lund 2007, 184; Williams 2005, Mid Roman Amphora 5.
696 Opait 2004a, 26.
697 Riley 1979, 188; Hayes 1983, 155; Williams - Zervos 1983, 15; Anderson-Stojanovic 1992, Pl. 80 no. 682-683; ApceHbeBa -
HayMemco 1992, 142 f.; Opait 2004a, 26; in Athens inv.no. P 25597- P 25598;
698 Zeest 1960, 116, T 35.
