Zeugma AM336bis | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Zeugma AM336bis

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Context Information

Site Name

Zeugma

Date

7th c. CE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Turkey/Central Euphrates

Period

Early Byzantine

Archaeological Context

Context 7062

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Vessel Details

Shape

Amphora

Shape Type

narrow-bodied

Fabric Description

Hard yellowish-cream clay

Measurements (cms)

H. 31.3 cm, max. D. 10.8 cm

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

—

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Zeugma AM336bis

Amphora

Zeugma

7th c. CE

Early Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

—

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Bibliography

Paul Reynolds. "Transport Amphorae of the First to Seventh Centuries: Early Roman to Byzantine Periods" in Excavations at Zeugma, Conducted by Oxford Archaeology, Volume II, ed(s). W. Aylward. Packard Humanities Institute, 2013, 93-161 , Figure 12.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This vessel is included in the LCP's Handbook to the LRA1 (2025, 1st ed.).