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Tamas Bezeczky
7. Roman Amphorae from the Basilika and the Prytaneion
7.1 Introduction
In this short paper, I describe the stamped amphorae of the Roman period1. In addition to the Greek Hellenistic
stamped amphorae, only five Roman fragments were retained from the excavation. They belong to three Italian
types. Similar ones - without stamps - have been found in other parts of Ephesus. I have also included in the
catalogue one stamped amphora of early Roman imperial date from the region of Ephesus.
7.2 The Amphorae
The Agora F 65/66 type (AR 1) jar has the imprint of a gern with the profile of a youth head. The fragment
comes from a type of one-handled jar that was first isolated in the fill of Cistern N19:l (Robinsons group F) in
the Athenian Agora2. This type is the earliest form of a series which was produced from the middle of the first
Century BC to the fourth Century AD. The two-handled Version3 was in production from the fourth until the
sixth Century AD. These vessels rarely have stamps; however, there is another stamp on a jar of this type found
in excavation in the Tetragonos Agora in Ephesus4. The Agora F 65/66 vessels have micaceous fabric. Some of
them, including AR 1, were probably made near Ephesus. The one-handled vessels are supposed to have been
produced in number of workshops in the Coastal areas of Asia Minor.
Two of the Italian wine amphorae belong to the Lamboglia 2 and one to the Dressel 6A types. The
Lamboglia 2 amphorae have LICIN (AR 2) and DAM (AR 3) stamps. The rim of the Dressel 6A amphora
has a S.L.E.fP] (AR 4) stamp. Both types of amphora contained Adriatic wine. The Lamboglia 2 amphorae
were produced from the end of the second Century BC to the last third of the first Century BC when they were
replaced by the Dressel 6A type. A Lamboglia 2 amphora with LICIN stamp was also found in excavations
among the objects of the Tetragonos Agora5. The stamps are not the same. The LICIN stamp is known from
Italy and France, Vieille-Toulouse6. The DAM stamp is known from Athens7, Magdalensberg8 and perhaps
Pompeii9. The Lamboglia 2 amphorae were thought to have contained olive oil. However, tituli picti and the
examination of amphorae from shipwrecks proved that they contained wine10.
Some of the formal characteristics of the Dressel 6A amphorae are similar to those of the Lamboglia 2
amphorae. The fragments are hard to distinguish because even their fabrics are similar. The workshops must
have been often the same. The S.L.E.fP] stamp (AR 4) is known from Italy (Aquileia, Padova, Calvatone) and
1 I would like to thank Veronika Mitsopoulos-Leon for the invitation to work on this material and Claudia Lang-Auinger for the ex-
cavation data, and Clementina Panella for comments on the stamps (AR 4 and AR 5) and providing me with unpublished parallels.
Special thanks to my brother Gabor Bezeczky who translated my manuscript and Agnes Väri who made my drawings for press. I
would like to thank Mark Lawall for correcting the English text.
2 Robinson 1959, 17, pl. 41; Riley 1979, 183-186; Lemaitre 1997, 311-319; Lang 1955, 277-278.
3 Robinson 1959, M373; Riley 1979, 229; Panella 1973, 460-462; Fulford - Peacock 1984, 12; Peacock - Williams 1986, 188;
Lund 1993, 125.
4 A handle fragment among the Agora pieces (Ki 00/076 - 1347), stamp: eX(...).
5 Bezeczky 2001, no. 5, T 2,3.
6 CIL XII 5683.162 Vieille-Toulouse = Callender 1965, 867c, but there is no information as to the position of the stamp on the ves-
sel.
7 Jöhrens 1999, 262, no. 889.
8 Egger 1963, 93, no. 4, Abb. 50; Bezeczky 1998, 228.
9 CILX. 8049.14 = Callender 1965, no. 511 (AM).
10 Tchernia 1986, 131-132; Formenti - Hesnard - Tchernia 1978, 95-100.
7. Roman Amphorae from the Basilika and the Prytaneion
7.1 Introduction
In this short paper, I describe the stamped amphorae of the Roman period1. In addition to the Greek Hellenistic
stamped amphorae, only five Roman fragments were retained from the excavation. They belong to three Italian
types. Similar ones - without stamps - have been found in other parts of Ephesus. I have also included in the
catalogue one stamped amphora of early Roman imperial date from the region of Ephesus.
7.2 The Amphorae
The Agora F 65/66 type (AR 1) jar has the imprint of a gern with the profile of a youth head. The fragment
comes from a type of one-handled jar that was first isolated in the fill of Cistern N19:l (Robinsons group F) in
the Athenian Agora2. This type is the earliest form of a series which was produced from the middle of the first
Century BC to the fourth Century AD. The two-handled Version3 was in production from the fourth until the
sixth Century AD. These vessels rarely have stamps; however, there is another stamp on a jar of this type found
in excavation in the Tetragonos Agora in Ephesus4. The Agora F 65/66 vessels have micaceous fabric. Some of
them, including AR 1, were probably made near Ephesus. The one-handled vessels are supposed to have been
produced in number of workshops in the Coastal areas of Asia Minor.
Two of the Italian wine amphorae belong to the Lamboglia 2 and one to the Dressel 6A types. The
Lamboglia 2 amphorae have LICIN (AR 2) and DAM (AR 3) stamps. The rim of the Dressel 6A amphora
has a S.L.E.fP] (AR 4) stamp. Both types of amphora contained Adriatic wine. The Lamboglia 2 amphorae
were produced from the end of the second Century BC to the last third of the first Century BC when they were
replaced by the Dressel 6A type. A Lamboglia 2 amphora with LICIN stamp was also found in excavations
among the objects of the Tetragonos Agora5. The stamps are not the same. The LICIN stamp is known from
Italy and France, Vieille-Toulouse6. The DAM stamp is known from Athens7, Magdalensberg8 and perhaps
Pompeii9. The Lamboglia 2 amphorae were thought to have contained olive oil. However, tituli picti and the
examination of amphorae from shipwrecks proved that they contained wine10.
Some of the formal characteristics of the Dressel 6A amphorae are similar to those of the Lamboglia 2
amphorae. The fragments are hard to distinguish because even their fabrics are similar. The workshops must
have been often the same. The S.L.E.fP] stamp (AR 4) is known from Italy (Aquileia, Padova, Calvatone) and
1 I would like to thank Veronika Mitsopoulos-Leon for the invitation to work on this material and Claudia Lang-Auinger for the ex-
cavation data, and Clementina Panella for comments on the stamps (AR 4 and AR 5) and providing me with unpublished parallels.
Special thanks to my brother Gabor Bezeczky who translated my manuscript and Agnes Väri who made my drawings for press. I
would like to thank Mark Lawall for correcting the English text.
2 Robinson 1959, 17, pl. 41; Riley 1979, 183-186; Lemaitre 1997, 311-319; Lang 1955, 277-278.
3 Robinson 1959, M373; Riley 1979, 229; Panella 1973, 460-462; Fulford - Peacock 1984, 12; Peacock - Williams 1986, 188;
Lund 1993, 125.
4 A handle fragment among the Agora pieces (Ki 00/076 - 1347), stamp: eX(...).
5 Bezeczky 2001, no. 5, T 2,3.
6 CIL XII 5683.162 Vieille-Toulouse = Callender 1965, 867c, but there is no information as to the position of the stamp on the ves-
sel.
7 Jöhrens 1999, 262, no. 889.
8 Egger 1963, 93, no. 4, Abb. 50; Bezeczky 1998, 228.
9 CILX. 8049.14 = Callender 1965, no. 511 (AM).
10 Tchernia 1986, 131-132; Formenti - Hesnard - Tchernia 1978, 95-100.
