Ashkelon A41/89.38.73.L56.F62.B36.#2 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Ashkelon A41/89.38.73.L56.F62.B36.#2

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Context Information

Site Name

Ashkelon

Date

3rd - 2nd centuries BCE

Site Type

Harbor/port city

Country/Region

Israel/Southern Coastal Plain

Period

Hellenistic

Archaeological Context

Grid 38, Phase 9: Roof and upper story collapse

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Vessel Details

Shape

Amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Surface: 2.5Y 7/3 pale yellow; Fabric: 2.5Y 6/3 light yellowish brown; coarse and brittle fabric with many medium-to-large white, few small-to large dark inclusions

Measurements (cms)

H: 81 cm, D: 18 cm, Max. D: 45.8 cm

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Slipped

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fully fired

Vessel Images 2

Ashkelon A41/89.38.73.L56.F62.B36.#2

Amphora

Ashkelon

3rd - 2nd centuries BCE

Hellenistic

Ashkelon A41/89.38.73.L56.F62.B36.#2

Amphora

Ashkelon

3rd - 2nd centuries BCE

Hellenistic

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Brindisi amphoras

2nd c. BCE-2nd c. CE

Late Republic, Early Imperial

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Tristan J. Barako. "“Amphoras Through the Ages” " in Ashkelon 1 : Introduction and Overview (1985-2006), ed(s). Lawrence E. Stager, J. David Schloen, and Daniel M. Master. Final Reports of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon, Vol. I Winona Lake IN: Eisenbrauns, 2008, 429-461 , Figure 23.25, Page 455.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Amphora 25 represents a "Brindisi" type thought to have exported olive oil, appears in strata dated to the last third of the 2nd century BCE (Peacock and Williams 1986: 82-83). A solid terminus post quem for Amphora 25 is provided by a city coin of Antiochus IV from 169 BCE (Barako 2008: 455) The jar has a spherical body; large everted profiled rim; tall vertical neck and thick arched coil handles; 40% restoration (Barako 2008: 455).