Kephalos Didioumi 2014 fig. 17b | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Kephalos Didioumi 2014 fig. 17b

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Context Information

Site Name

Kephalos

Date

8th or 9th c. (?)

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Greece/Kos

Period

Late Roman/Byzantine

Archaeological Context

Perou plot

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Reddish yellow fabric 5YR 7/6 and 8/4, sandy with small inclusions and a lot of golden and silver mica

Measurements (cms)

h38-44 cm, rim diameter 6.3-7.3

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Kephalos Didioumi 2014 fig. 17b

Transport amphora

Kephalos

8th or 9th 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

Didioumi, S.. "Local Pottery Production in the Island of Cos, Greece from the Early Byzantine Period. A Preliminary Report." 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 Kilikoglou, V. BAR International Series 2616. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2014, 169–180 , Figure Fig. 17, Number b, Page 180.0.

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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.).