Phoenician wine amphora - found in a shipwreck at Kos island
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Object number
AR1908
| Object: |
Phoenician wine amphora
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| Material: |
Terra cotta.
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| Period: |
Approx. 700 BC to 600 BC,
Golden Age of the Phoenicians.
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| Description: |
Transport amphora for the wine trade of the Phoenician city states in the Eastern Mediterranean. Double conical body, pointed lower side, flat upper side. Two small handles on opposing sides below the rim. The body is covered with a marine patina.
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| Dimensions: |
Height 50 cm, diameter 27 cm (without mount).
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| Condition: |
Excellent condtion with fully intact body. Attractive marine patina. One of the handles has possibly been restored.
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| Provenience: |
Found between 1953 and 1957 as part of a ship wreck hoard of amphorae near the Greek island of Kos. Then exported to Germany. Later within the stock of the antiquities dealer Eisenmann in Rothenburg o. d. Tauber, Germany. Sold to the privat colleciton J. Kuemmel, Germany, in 1990. Acquired by us in 2014.
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| References: |
Cf. E. Stern, Excavations at Tel Mevorakh, QEDEM 9, plate 24, no. 1 and 2.
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| Literature: |
J. Freed, "The late series of Tunisian cylindrical amphoras at Carthage", JRA 8 (1995), p. 155-191. J. M. Maña de Angulo, "Sobre tipologia de anforas púnicas", Cronica del IV Congreso arqueológico del Sudeste español (Alcoy, 1950/1951), p. 203-209. Y. Maniatis, R. E. Jones, I. K. Whitbread, A. Kostakis, A. Simopoulos, Ch. Karakalos, C. K. Williams, "Punic Amphoras Found at Corinth, Greece: an Investigation of Their Origin and Technology", JFA 11 (1984), p. 205-206. |
| Authenticity: |
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