Emporiae EMP309 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Emporiae EMP309

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Context Information

Site Name

Emporiae

Date

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Site Type

City

Country/Region

Spain/Catalan coastal range

Period

Late Antique

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Buff orange fabric. Highly calcareous compositinowith very intense peaks of calcite; sandy, temper dominated by a calcareous component (limestone and many microfossils) and common inclusions from an o

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

Equivalent Firing Temperature (EFT) estimated over 950/1000°

Vessel Images 1

Emporiae EMP309

Transport amphora

Emporiae

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Late Antique

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

Kiln name:

Arsuz

Country/region:

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

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Bibliography

Fantuzzi, L., Ontiveros, M.A.C. and Reynolds, P.. "Archaeometric characterisation of Late Roman Amphora 1 imports in north-eastern Spain" in LRCW 5: Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry, ed(s). Dixneuf, D. Études Alexandrines 42. Alexandria: 2017, 93–116 , Figure Figure 2, Number EMP309, Page 95.0, Figure 2.

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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.).