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Description: | 13. A complete wheel-thrown ceramic amphora handle, dating to the Roman period, between AD 43 ? 410 (length: 175mm; diameter: 53mm; weight: exceeds weight limit of scales [more than 250g]). The amphora handle is C shaped in plan and sub-circular in section with flat splayed terminal ends where the artefact would have originally been attached to the side of the main body of the amphora. The handle?s fabric is light orange in colour with small frequent grit inclusions. There is no decoration on the artefact and it is in a worn but fair condition. According to the ?potsherd? website (written by Paul Tyers), amphoras were the transport containers of the Graeco-Roman world, and are usually large pottery vessels, with handles, for the storage and transportation of liquids, especially wine, olive oil and other foodstuffs. The study of the production, distribution and dating of amphoras (and indirectly the products they originally contained) is one of the most important sources for the analysis of the Roman economy. Amphoras are commonly found in shipwrecks of the Roman period, particularly in the western Mediterranean. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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