Pseira PS 3789 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Pseira PS 3789

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Context Information

Site Name

Pseira

Date

7th-8th c.

Site Type

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Country/Region

Greece/Crete, west

Period

Late Roman/Byzantine

Archaeological Context

Pythagoras II survey project

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Fabric: medium, fine, highly micaceous, red 2.5YR 5/8.

Measurements (cms)

Rim diameter 6.3 cm, h estimated 40-44 cm

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 2

Pseira PS 3789

Transport amphora

Pseira

7th-8th c.

Late Roman/Byzantine

Pseira PS 3789

Transport amphora

Pseira

7th-8th c.

Late Roman/Byzantine

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Thin Section Photos 1

Pseira PS 3789

Transport amphora

Pseira

7th-8th c.

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

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Poulou-Papadimitriou, N., and Nodarou, E. "Transport vessels and maritime trade routes in the Aegean from the 5th to the 9th c. AD. Preliminary results of the EU funded ‘Pythagoras II’ Project: The Cretan case study" in LRCW 4: Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry. The Mediterranean, a Market without Frontiers, ed(s). Poulou-Papadimitriou, N., and Kilikoglou, V. BAR International Series 2616 1. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2014, 873–883 , Figure Figure 10, Page 882.0.

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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.).