Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (19.2007(2010))

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enclosed between grooves, has been
preserved (Nd.07.130) [Fig. 10, left]. It can
be identified as LRA form 61, dated by
Hayes to AD 410-470 (Hayes 1972:
100-107, 219). A few fragmentarily
preserved amphorae are identifiable as larger
versions of spatbeia (Keay 26), dated by
Mackensen to the late 4th-mid 6th centuries
(Mackensen et alii, 2006: 185-188).
Moreover, there are several dozen sherds of
LRA 1 amphorae, including a few necks of
small diameter. Local wares are represented
by more than a hundred local LR 7 amphora
(toe count), a few dozen bottles and qullas
mostly of marl clay, dishes, carinated bowls
with painted decoration below the rims,
small red bowls Ξ ___
fragmentarily pres> Ξ w
concave top and tl Ξ"

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A fairly abundant assemblage of pieces
of plates and footed bowls suggest a rich and
varied set of glassware used by the
hermitage owner. Room 11 also yielded
a scrap of papyrus with a fragmentary Greek
text identified as a letter (T. Derda, pers.
comm.) tentatively dated to the 5th century
[Fig. 11]. A few graffiti preserved on vessels