Sinop 14.1.84 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Sinop 14.1.84

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Context Information

Site Name

Sinop

Date

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Site Type

Harbor/port

Country/Region

Turkey/Western Black Sea

Period

Early Byzantine

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Pink to yellowish beige fabric. Small white grains and large pyroxene inclusions vessible on the handle.

Measurements (cms)

Rim diameter: 5.5 cm; handle width: 2.6 cm.

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Finger impressions visible at the internal angle of the handles.

Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

Uneven fabric color due to uneven firing.

Vessel Images 1

Sinop 14.1.84

Transport amphora

Sinop

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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

Kassab Tezgör, D.. Corpus des Amphores Romaines Produites Dans les Centres de Mer Noire: Collections des Muses de la Côte Turque de la Mer Noire (Ereli, Amasra, Sinop, Samsun, Giresun, Ordu, Trabzon et Amasya). Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 74. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2020 , Plate Pl. XVIII.6.

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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.).