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Vessel: Sepphoris 77.1314.3.9

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Context Information

Site Name

Sepphoris/Zippori

Date

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Site Type

City

Country/Region

Israel/Galilee

Period

Late Roman, Byzantine

Archaeological Context

Locus 77.1314

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Reddish yellow (5YR 6/...

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Surface: very pale bro...

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

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Sepphoris 77.1314.3.9

Transport amphora

Sepphoris/Zippori

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Sepphoris 77.1314.3.9

Transport amphora

Sepphoris/Zippori

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Sepphoris 77.1314.3.9

Transport amphora

Sepphoris/Zippori

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Sepphoris 77.1314.3.9

Transport amphora

Sepphoris/Zippori

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Late Roman, Byzantine

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Sepphoris 77.1314.3.9

Transport amphora

Sepphoris/Zippori

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Late Roman, Byzantine

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Sepphoris 77.1314.3.9

Transport amphora

Sepphoris/Zippori

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Sepphoris 77.1314.3.9

Transport amphora

Sepphoris/Zippori

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Sepphoris 77.1314.3.9

Transport amphora

Sepphoris/Zippori

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Sepphoris 77.1314.3.9

Transport amphora

Sepphoris/Zippori

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Late Roman, Byzantine

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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

Rough Cilicia/red clay/red mafics, foraminifera, limestone, igneous rock

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

De Vincenz, A. "Appendix: Imported Amphorae" Qedem (Forthcoming)
Gillett, G. "A Petrographic Network Analysis of the Distribution of Late Roman 1 Amphorae in the Eastern Mediterranean", M.A., Sonia & Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, 2023

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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