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4. Description of the amphora types
Type 62
Kuzmanov 9
(Sinopean Carrot)
Form: This type of amphora has not been uniformly defined. On the basis of their form, the
carrot-shaped amphorae, which are supposed to have been produced near Sinope (Dermici), can
also be regarded as belonging to this group701. The neck is long and cylindrical. It has either a
simple or a pulley-wheel rim. The handles are attached to the lower part of the neck and the
upper part of the body. The upper part of the body is wide and tapers conically to the base.
The production of similar forms have been discovered in a workshop in the area of Seleucia in
Peireia702. The Tetragonos Agora has only a few small fragments. A few complete amphorae were
found at the Terrace House 2.
Chronology. Y. Garlan and D. Kassab Tezgor dated the type to the second part of the fourth
to fifth centuries A.D.703.
The amphorae found in Ephesus
Agora
layer Data range
Ph 7-9 Late fourth to early seventh centuries A.D.
nos.
402-403
Terrace House 2
layer Data range
11 Stray find
no.
626
Origin-. The Demerci workshop near Sinop has been described by Y. Garlan and D. Kassab Tezgor704.
Strabo mentioned the commercial links between Sinop and Ephesus705.
Contents'. The content is not known, perhaps wine706.
Distribution-. The vessel can be found in Athens, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Romania 707.
Fabric: (analysed no. 403)
Visual characteristics
It has a hard fabric with white and colourless grains. There are one or two larger black, probably volcanic,
inclusions
Petrology
Sample: no. 403
Matrix: Fine grained to micaceous, carbonate free, reddish-brown.
Temper. Very frequent monocrystalline quartz, frequent polycrystalline quartz, augite, iron oxides, very rare volcanic rock frag-
ments, chert, sericite-quartzite, volcanic plagioclase, heavy minerals (augite, epidote)
Comment. Typical are big augite grains, volcanic rock fragments and chert.
R.S.
701 Garlan - Kassab Tezgor 1996, 331, Pl. 11; Kassab Tezgor - Tatlican 1998,425.
702 Empereur-Picon 1989, 232; Opait 1996, 210
703 Opait 2004b, 297.
704 Garlan - Kassab Tezgor 1996, 331, Pl. 11; Kassab Tezgor 1999, 119.
705 Strabo XII 2, 10; Braund 2005, 124.
706 Opait 2004b, 297.
707 Empereur - Picon 1989, 232, note 22; Bbttger 1992, 350 no. 79 T. 102; Alpbzen et al. 1995, 69; Opait 1996, 210; §enol - Kerem
2000, 93.
4. Description of the amphora types
Type 62
Kuzmanov 9
(Sinopean Carrot)
Form: This type of amphora has not been uniformly defined. On the basis of their form, the
carrot-shaped amphorae, which are supposed to have been produced near Sinope (Dermici), can
also be regarded as belonging to this group701. The neck is long and cylindrical. It has either a
simple or a pulley-wheel rim. The handles are attached to the lower part of the neck and the
upper part of the body. The upper part of the body is wide and tapers conically to the base.
The production of similar forms have been discovered in a workshop in the area of Seleucia in
Peireia702. The Tetragonos Agora has only a few small fragments. A few complete amphorae were
found at the Terrace House 2.
Chronology. Y. Garlan and D. Kassab Tezgor dated the type to the second part of the fourth
to fifth centuries A.D.703.
The amphorae found in Ephesus
Agora
layer Data range
Ph 7-9 Late fourth to early seventh centuries A.D.
nos.
402-403
Terrace House 2
layer Data range
11 Stray find
no.
626
Origin-. The Demerci workshop near Sinop has been described by Y. Garlan and D. Kassab Tezgor704.
Strabo mentioned the commercial links between Sinop and Ephesus705.
Contents'. The content is not known, perhaps wine706.
Distribution-. The vessel can be found in Athens, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Romania 707.
Fabric: (analysed no. 403)
Visual characteristics
It has a hard fabric with white and colourless grains. There are one or two larger black, probably volcanic,
inclusions
Petrology
Sample: no. 403
Matrix: Fine grained to micaceous, carbonate free, reddish-brown.
Temper. Very frequent monocrystalline quartz, frequent polycrystalline quartz, augite, iron oxides, very rare volcanic rock frag-
ments, chert, sericite-quartzite, volcanic plagioclase, heavy minerals (augite, epidote)
Comment. Typical are big augite grains, volcanic rock fragments and chert.
R.S.
701 Garlan - Kassab Tezgor 1996, 331, Pl. 11; Kassab Tezgor - Tatlican 1998,425.
702 Empereur-Picon 1989, 232; Opait 1996, 210
703 Opait 2004b, 297.
704 Garlan - Kassab Tezgor 1996, 331, Pl. 11; Kassab Tezgor 1999, 119.
705 Strabo XII 2, 10; Braund 2005, 124.
706 Opait 2004b, 297.
707 Empereur - Picon 1989, 232, note 22; Bbttger 1992, 350 no. 79 T. 102; Alpbzen et al. 1995, 69; Opait 1996, 210; §enol - Kerem
2000, 93.
