Plaka BZY932 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Plaka BZY932

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Context Information

Site Name

Plaka (shipwreck)

Date

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Site Type

Shipwreck

Country/Region

Crimea/Black Sea coast

Period

Late Roman/Byzantine

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Fabric was chemically analyzed by Waksman et al. and placed into the calcareous and ultrabasic group. Petrographic analysis identified "pyroxene and volcanic rock fragments, but additional carbonate r

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Plaka BZY932

Transport amphora

Plaka (shipwreck)

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Late Roman/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

Waksman, S. Y.; Morozova, Y.; Zelenko, S.; and Çolak, M.. "Archaeological and Archaeometric Investigations of the Amphorae Cargo of a Late Roman Shipwreck Sunk near the Cape of Plaka (Crimea, Ukraine)" in LRCW4. Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean. Archaeology and archaeometry. The Mediterranean: a market without frontiers, ed(s). N.Poulou-Papadimitriou, E. Nodarou and V. Kilikoglou. BAR International Series 2616 (1). Oxford: Archaeopress, 2014, 919–929 , Figure Fig. 4.BZY932.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This vessel was uploaded to the LCP as a part of the LCP's Handbook to the LRA1 (2025, 1st ed.).