- Africana 2B Grande Amphora [permalink]
- Type
- Typology Item
- Not after (date)
- 300
- Not before (date)
- 200
- See also
- https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/details.cfm?id=4
- Broader
- Amphora
- Bibliography
- Bonifay1984, pp. 110, 111-114, fig. 59 (Amphore type 23)
- Bibliography
- Manacorda1977 (Ostia)
- Bibliography
- Panella1973 (Ostia)
- Bibliography
- ZeviTchernia1969
- Description
- Middle Roman amphora produced in central Tunisia that reached Italy and southern France chiefly. Large, cylindrical body with solid spike that widens near base and broad, distinct shoulder; tall, truncoconical neck with rim outward thickened into a rectangular band; vertical loop handles, oval in section, in shape of ear. Bonifay has identified a variant with an S-shaped rim, cylindrical neck, and a slightly dumpy body with short spike; cf. Tripolitana 3. Typical Tunisian fabric: hard, granular, reddish or orange, with saline wash.
- Chronology comment
- 3rd century
- Has geographic origin
- Tunisia
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
