General Information

The LR amphora 4 was originally defined by John Riley in the excavations of the hippodrome at Caesarea Maritima, on the coast of Israel (Rilery 1975, pp. 27-30, there called “Amphora Type 2”). This is a deep cylindrical vessel with a short rim and high ring handles. There are regularly messy accretions of clay on the shoulder and around the rim. Occasionally there are narrow grooves around the shoulder or upper body.

According to Paul Reynolds (2005: 575), the “early 2^nd-early 3^rd century version of the LRA 4 were wide-bodied and rather short, with a small vertical collar rim. Wide-bodied examples continued to be made through the 4^th and 5^th centuries, sometimes decorated with bands of red paint… At the end of the 5^th century a more elongated variant emerged. The vessel became even longer, with a corresponding narrowing base, through time, culminating in the variants of the late 6^th-early 7^th centuries with very steep rim shoulder” (Reynolds, 2005: 575)

Ashkelon (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain)

Ashqelon, Third Mile Estate (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain)

Tel Qatra, Gedera (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain)

Pella/Fiḥl (Jordan/Jordan Valley)

Tall Jawa (Jordan/Central Highlands)