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Description: | A fragment of a Roman ceramic Dressel 20 amphora from the Spanish province of Baetica dating 1st - 3rd century AD. The fragment includes a section of the globular body and one handle that has been stamped with ISHERMF(ecit); the HE and the MF are ligated. This comprises the name of the free individual in initials followed by servi and liberti names, giving the name of the pottery and fecit meaning has made.Charo Rovira, The British Museum, identified an identical maker's mark on an amphora excavated from the figlina (workshop) Virginesia at Villar de Brenes. See http://ceipac.gh.ub.edu/biblio/Data/A/0048.pdf"Dressel 20 amphora are large globular amphorae with substantial cylindrical handles and a prominent beaded or angular rim in a characteristic granular fabric, produced in the Spanish province of Baetica from the 1st to 3rd centuries and exported in very large numbers around the western Mediterranean and across the north-west provinces." http://potsherd.net/atlas/Ware/DR20Dimensions: weight: 1315g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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