Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1) is the most commonly found transport amphora in Late Roman-Byzantine contexts in the Mediterranean world (Williams 2005; Pieri 2012: 29). The form was a long-lived (4–8th century C.E.) family of medium sized transport vessels ranging from 50 to 58 cm in height and 30 to 31 cm in length (Reynolds 2014). LRA1s are one of seven types of transport amphora (Late Roman Amphora 1–7) which are defined by their standardized shapes and sizes, and frequent appearance alongside each other. LRA1s have been found throughout the Roman world including the British Isles; along the Mediterranean coasts of southern Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia; and Black Sea region; and even on the Indian subcontinent f...
Typology: The LRA nomenclature comes from John Riley and was devised to describe Late Roman period ceramics publish from excavations at site of Carthage, where a huge amount of LRA1s have been found (Karagiorgou 2009: 41). Though the 'LRA1' title has become almost universally used, other typological classifications exist (see Earlier/Alternative Names section). Over the centuries of LRA1 production, potters made significant changes to the overall body shape and size of the...
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