Storage data

Collection Inventory Number: AM Nessebar № 236.

Town: Nessebar

Country: Bulgaria

Location: AM Nessebar

Discovery data

Type of discovery: Fortuitous

Amphora

Conservation: Complete

Type: Knidos II-B (type II - “with a conical neck and spinning top shaped toe”, variant II-B - “pithoid”) according Монахов и др. 2016: 127, Kn.1.

Culture / Ethnicity: Greek

Origins

Origins: Known

Centers: Knidos

Analyses

Technical description

Height: 73.5 centimeters

Rim Diameter: 12.0 centimeters

Base Diameter: 6,5 centimeters

Maximum Diameter: 43.0 centimeters

Handle Diameter: 4.2 n 2.5 centimeters

Weight: 14.5 kilos

Material: clay

Description: A roller-shaped rim with swallow undercutting underneath and sloping inward profile; a slightly swollen neck with sharp interception; a sharply-ridged toe slightly flaring, with deep hollow. Color: brown.

Stamps, Dipinti, Graffiti

Stamps: Without stamp

Dipinti: Without dipinti

Graffiti: With Graffiti

Graffiti Text: On the shoulder

Graffiti Place: On the shoulder

Grafitti Language: Greek

Chronology

Ending Year: 325 B. C.

Beginning Year: 350 B. C.

Absolute Chronology: 350 - 325 B. C.

Period Chronology: Hellenistic

Bibliography

Bibliography: Lazarov 1973, cat 217. Author determined incorrectly origin of container; Bîrzescu 2012: taf. 37–688

Record Data

Record Date: 2024-04-03 17:54:59

Record Modification Date: 2024-05-16 18:47:30

Record Creator: P. Balabanov. p_balabanov@abv.bg

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