Greco-italic wine amphora - found by divers at the Greek coast
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AR1867
| Object: | Greco-italic amphora |
| Material: | Yellowish clay |
| Size: | Height about 88 cm, diameter about 37 cm |
| Dating: | Late 3rd - 2nd century BC Time of the late Roman Republic |
| Description: | High cylindrical neck with thick long handles, outflaring rim with triangular profile. The well proportionate relationship between belly and neck is a distinctive feature of this shape on the evolutionary way towards the fully Romanized Form D. Solid, pronounced toe. |
| Type: | Will Form C (see E.L. Will, Pl. 85 e) |
| Literature: | Elizabeth Lyding Will, Greco-Italic Amphoras, Hesperia 51, pp 338-356. Fernand Benoit, Gallia, Suppl. XIV, L'epave du Grand Congloue' a Marseille (Paris 1961) |
| Provenance: | Acquired 2014 in a German auction house. Ex private collection, in this as inheritance from another private collection. Acquired in Greece in 1965, found underwater probably at the Greek Mediterranean coast. |
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