Cashel in Tipperary Doyle 2009 Fig. 14 no. 5:172 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Cashel in Tipperary Doyle 2009 Fig. 14 no. 5:172

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Context Information

Site Name

Cashel, Cashel in Tipperary

Date

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Site Type

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Country/Region

Ireland/Midlands east

Period

Early Christian Period

Archaeological Context

pre-graveyard context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

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Measurements (cms)

Lower handle springer; handle stump oval on section, 2 x 2.9 cm, with traces of two flutes on the outer face

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Cashel in Tipperary Doyle 2009 Fig. 14 no. 5:172

Transport amphora

Cashel

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Early Christian Period

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

Doyle, I.W. "Mediterranean and Frankish pottery imports in early medieval Ireland" Journal of Irish Archaeology 18 (2009), 17-62 , Figure Figure 14, Number 5.172, Page 41.0.

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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.).