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Vessel: Djerba Fontana 2000 Fig. 6.1

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Context Information

Site Name

Djerba

Date

mid-6th c.

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Tunisia/Eastern coast

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

Abandonment of the purple extraction installation in the southern area of Meninx

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

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Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Djerba Fontana 2000 Fig. 6.1

Transport amphora

Djerba

mid-6th c.

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

Fontana, S. "Un "immondezzaio" di VI secolo da Meninx: la fine della produzione di porpora e la cultura materiale a Gerba nella prima età bizantina" in L'Africa romana. Atti del XIII convegno di studio Djerba, 10-13 dicembre 1998 95-115, ed(s). Khanoussi, M.; Ruggeri, P.; and Vismara, C. L'Africa romana convegno internazionale, December 10-13 1998. 1. Rome: 2000 , Figure Figure 6, Number 1.0, Page 109.0.

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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.).