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Type 70
183
Origin'. The type comes from Egypt. It was produced in the region of Lake Mariout739.
Contents'. Unknown.
Distribution'. North Africa.
Fabric, (analysed no. 417)
Visual characteristics
The amphora has a “chocolate brown” colour. It has soft, fairly rough, sandy, micaceous fabric with visible
imprints of plants.
Sample: no. 417
Matrix'. Fine grained to micaceous, non-calcareous.
Temper. Poorly sorted, frequent monocrystalline quartz, K-feldspar, iron oxide particles, heavy minerals (epidote, clinopyrox-
ene), rare volcanic rock fragments, volcanic plagioclase, siliceous bioclasts, plant fragments.
Comment'. Typical Egyptian Nile mud fabric.
R. S.
Catalogue
Tetragonos Agora
417. Rim, neck, handle fr., 97/034 (100), R-W-Stoa-Chamber
M, D = 12 cm, V = 2 cm, H = 9.8 cm, S = 2.5 cm, red
(2.5YR 4/6), PLATES 37, 84
Type 70
Spatheion
(Bonifay 31-33; Benghazi Late Roman Amphora 8; Keay 26; Ostia 4, Pl. 162-165; Peacock - Williams 51;
Scorpan 16)
Form: This group of amphorae is characterised by a long, narrow, cylindrical body with a
long tapering spike. The rim is everted. There are two short handles on the neck.740 M. Bonifay
has recently distinguished three basic types.741 Two have been found in Ephesus. The taller
Spatheion 1 and the small sized Spatheion 3.
Spatheion 1, on the basis of the shape of the rim, Bonifay has set up four groups (A - D) 742.
The Spatheion 3 has also been classified into four groups (A - D)743.
Chronology. The Spatheion 1 type is dated to the period between the late fourth to mid fifth
centuries A.D.744.
The Spatheion 3 type is dated from the end of the sixth century to the end of the seventh A.D.
(sometimes beginning of the eighth century A.D.)745.
The amphorae found in Ephesus
Agora
layer Data range
Ph 7-9 Late fourth to early seventh centuries A.D.
nos.
418-420
739 Empereur - Picon 1998, 75-84; Sciallano - Sibella 1994, Amphore de 1'Egypre romaine.
740 Manacorda 1977, 211; Riley 1979, 226; Keay 1984, 212; Panella 1982, 178; Peacock - Williams 1986, 202.
741 Bonifay 2004, 125-129; Bonifay 2005, Spatheion 1, 2, 3.
742 Bonifay 2005, Spatheion 1.
743 Bonifay 2005, Spatheion 3.
744 Riley 1979, 228; Panella 1982, 178; Keay 1984, 212-219; Martin-Kilcher 1994, 449; Freed 1995, 167.
745 Panella 1982, 178; Keay 1984, Bonifay 2004, 125-129; Bonifay 2005, Spatheion.
183
Origin'. The type comes from Egypt. It was produced in the region of Lake Mariout739.
Contents'. Unknown.
Distribution'. North Africa.
Fabric, (analysed no. 417)
Visual characteristics
The amphora has a “chocolate brown” colour. It has soft, fairly rough, sandy, micaceous fabric with visible
imprints of plants.
Sample: no. 417
Matrix'. Fine grained to micaceous, non-calcareous.
Temper. Poorly sorted, frequent monocrystalline quartz, K-feldspar, iron oxide particles, heavy minerals (epidote, clinopyrox-
ene), rare volcanic rock fragments, volcanic plagioclase, siliceous bioclasts, plant fragments.
Comment'. Typical Egyptian Nile mud fabric.
R. S.
Catalogue
Tetragonos Agora
417. Rim, neck, handle fr., 97/034 (100), R-W-Stoa-Chamber
M, D = 12 cm, V = 2 cm, H = 9.8 cm, S = 2.5 cm, red
(2.5YR 4/6), PLATES 37, 84
Type 70
Spatheion
(Bonifay 31-33; Benghazi Late Roman Amphora 8; Keay 26; Ostia 4, Pl. 162-165; Peacock - Williams 51;
Scorpan 16)
Form: This group of amphorae is characterised by a long, narrow, cylindrical body with a
long tapering spike. The rim is everted. There are two short handles on the neck.740 M. Bonifay
has recently distinguished three basic types.741 Two have been found in Ephesus. The taller
Spatheion 1 and the small sized Spatheion 3.
Spatheion 1, on the basis of the shape of the rim, Bonifay has set up four groups (A - D) 742.
The Spatheion 3 has also been classified into four groups (A - D)743.
Chronology. The Spatheion 1 type is dated to the period between the late fourth to mid fifth
centuries A.D.744.
The Spatheion 3 type is dated from the end of the sixth century to the end of the seventh A.D.
(sometimes beginning of the eighth century A.D.)745.
The amphorae found in Ephesus
Agora
layer Data range
Ph 7-9 Late fourth to early seventh centuries A.D.
nos.
418-420
739 Empereur - Picon 1998, 75-84; Sciallano - Sibella 1994, Amphore de 1'Egypre romaine.
740 Manacorda 1977, 211; Riley 1979, 226; Keay 1984, 212; Panella 1982, 178; Peacock - Williams 1986, 202.
741 Bonifay 2004, 125-129; Bonifay 2005, Spatheion 1, 2, 3.
742 Bonifay 2005, Spatheion 1.
743 Bonifay 2005, Spatheion 3.
744 Riley 1979, 228; Panella 1982, 178; Keay 1984, 212-219; Martin-Kilcher 1994, 449; Freed 1995, 167.
745 Panella 1982, 178; Keay 1984, Bonifay 2004, 125-129; Bonifay 2005, Spatheion.
