Storage data

Inventory Number: 42968

Collection Inventory Number: ICEM 42968

Town: Tulcea

Country: Romania

Location: ICEM Tulcea

Discovery data

Site: Orgame

Context of discovery: Arg. 88 TI

Necropolis: Yes

Others: Pyre, Tumulus

Country: Romania

Region: Jurilovca

Landmark: Capul Dolosman

County: Tulcea

Type of discovery: SystematicExcavations

Amphora

Conservation: Fragmentary

Category: Container

Culture / Ethnicity: Greek

Origins

Origins: Known

Centers: Mende

Analyses

Technical description

Height: 57 centimeters

Rim Diameter: 12.7 (outside), 9.0 (inside) centimeters

Maximum Diameter: 41 centimeters

Handle Diameter: 3.9 x 2.6 centimeters

Material: clay

Description: Mouth: circular, thick rim; section in open form; the neck opens progressively towards the shoulder; oblique shoulder; conical body. Clay: the clay is dark buff, sandy and abundant mica in composition; slip of the same color. Decoration: one band of red paint under the rim and another on the body to the base.

Stamps, Dipinti, Graffiti

Stamps: Without stamp

Dipinti: With dipinti

DipintiPlace: On the body

Dipinti Text: Π(pi) + Α(alpha)+ Κ (kappa)

Graffiti: Without Graffiti

Chronology

Absolute Chronology: cca. 380 - 375 B.C.

Period Chronology: Classical

Bibliography

Bibliography: LUNGU 2001, p.169, fig. 4 : Brashinskij 26-27 V. Lungu, Argamum -Necropola tumulara. Săpăturile din anii 1988, 1990-1996, Materiale şi Cercetări de Arheologie, Bucarest (NS), 2001, p. 165 -174.

Record Data

Record Date: 2023-11-04 09:53:25

Record Modification Date: 2023-11-30 16:07:23

Record Creator: Vasilica Lungu, Radu Penea

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