Naples Carsana and Del Vecchio 2023 Fig. 3.24 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Naples Carsana and Del Vecchio 2023 Fig. 3.24

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Context Information

Site Name

Neapolis/Naples

Date

mid-6th to end of 7th c.

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Italy/Southern Tyrrhenian coast

Period

Late Antique

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Bright red with many grey and red quartz, calcite and ophiolite inclusions

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Dipinti type (a), (b), (c)

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Naples Carsana and Del Vecchio 2023 Fig. 3.24

Transport amphora

Neapolis/Naples

mid-6th to end of 7th c.

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

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Bibliography

Carsana, V., and Del Vecchio, F. "Contesti ceramici da un edificio di VI-VII secolo d.C. nell'area portuale di Neapolis" in LRCW. 6, Late Roman coarse wares, cooking wares and amphorae in the Mediterranean : archaeology and archaeometry. Land and sea: pottery routes 77-89, ed(s). Caminneci, V, and Giannitrapani, E. International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Wares Parco Valle dei Templi, Agrigento. Roman and late antique Mediterranean pottery, 19. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2023 , Figure Figure3, Number 24, Page 81.

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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.).