Tyritake A40 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tyritake A40

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Context Information

Site Name

Tyritake

Date

Second quarter of 6th c.

Site Type

Settlement

Country/Region

Crimea/Black Sea coast

Period

Late Roman/Byzantine

Archaeological Context

Excavation area XXVI, Square 17-18, storage pit no. 87

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Fabric varies from reddish yellow (7.5YR 8/6) to light yellow (2/5Y 8/2) with inclusions of limestone, sand, pyroxene, and iron particles.

Measurements (cms)

Rim diameter: 9-9.3 cm, max diameter: 28 cm; height: 52.1 cm; handle width: 3.3 x 2.4 cm; volume: 14.9 liters.

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Red dipinti on the shoulder, poorly preserved.

Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Tyritake A40

Transport amphora

Tyritake

Second quarter of 6th c.

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

Smokotina, A. V.. " Амфоры позднеримского и ранневизантийского времени Тиритаки / Late Roman and Early Byzantine amphorae in Tyritake" in Тиритака. Раскоп XXVI. Том III. Археологические комплексы второй половины III – VII вв / Tyritake Excavations XXVI. Volume III. Archaeological Complexes of the second half of the 3rd - 7th centuries. Боспорские исследования BOSPOROS STUDIES - Supplementum XXVI. III. Simferopol-Kerch: 2020, 509-618 , Figure Fig. 33, Page 526.0.

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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.).