Storage data

Inventory Number: HP23-2

Town: Constanta

Country: Romania

Location: MINA Constanta

Discovery data

Site: Tomis

Context of discovery: The Roman Edifice with Mosaic

Country: Romania

Region: Constanta

County: Constanta

Type of discovery: RescueExcavation

Amphora

Conservation: Fragmentary

Category: Container

Culture / Ethnicity: Greek

Origins

Origins: Known

Centers: Herakleia pontike

Analyses

Technical description

Height: 24 centimeters

Rim Diameter: 10 (outside), 8.4 (inside) centimeters

Maximum Diameter: 24 centimeters

Handle Diameter: 4.4 x 2.4 centimeters

Material: clay

Description: Shape: round mouth, band rim; the neck opens progressively towards the shoulder; oblique shoulder; conical body; strong rounded handles. Clay; reddish brown, sandy, various inclusions and mica in composition. Decoration: red slip band under the rim

Stamps, Dipinti, Graffiti

Stamps: With stamp

Stamp Place: On the neck

Stamp Text: Ἀριστοκράτεος

Stamp Type: englific

Stamp Shape: rectangular

Dipinti: With dipinti

DipintiPlace: On the neck

Dipinti Text: Λ

Graffiti: Without Graffiti

Chronology

Absolute Chronology: beginning of the 3rd century B.C.

Period Chronology: Classical

Bibliography

Bibliography: For Ἀριστοκράτης, Canarache 1957, p. 1969, no. 461 CANARACHE, V., Importul amforelor ştampilate la Istria, Bucureşti, 1957.

Record Data

Record Date: 2023-11-30 12:02:59

Record Modification Date: 2023-11-30 13:40:48

Record Creator: Vasilica Lungu, Radu Penea

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