Overview

The Black Sea cities of Turkey's northern coast – Ereğli , Amasra, Sinop, Samsun, Giresun, Ordu, Trabzon, and inland Amasya – are endowed with museums whose holdings include important collections of amphorae. Their state of preservation is also exceptional since the majority were recovered intact from the sea. Most were produced in the big manufacturing centres around the Black Sea during the Roman period, between the 2nd/3rd centuries BCE and the 7th century CE. This Corpus brings them together and analyses them in the light of recent investigations. The production lines of Sinop and Colchis are especially well represented and can be followed without interruption over several centuries. The size of the assemblage – ca. 450 vessels – provides an overview of manufacturing trends for Black Sea amphorae, and brings out the similarities and differences in technique and morphology that distinguished one workshop from another. Research on this corpus has also offered an opportunity to consider questions inherent to amphora studies, such as what commercial goods they contained; how vessel shapes related to the regional resources for which they were designed; standardized volumes; and the use of amphoras in paying the annona.

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Author:   Dominique Kassab Tezgör
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress
Weight:   0.707kg
ISBN:  

9781789696974

ISBN 10:   1789696976
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   26 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   French

Table of Contents

Avant-Propos ; Introduction ; Chapitre 1 : Sinope ; Chapitre 2 : Héraclée du Pont ; Chapitre 3 : Colchide ; Chapitre 4 : Production des sites du nord de la mer Noire ; Chapitre 5 : Production des sites de l’ouest de la mer Noire ; Chapitre 6 : Groupes/Types/Variantes de provenance inconnue ; Conclusion ; Bibliographie ; Tableau 1 : Liste des amphores non cataloguées ; Tableau 2 : Lieux de découverte en mer des amphores ; Tableau 3 : Lieux de découverte terrestre des amphores ; Tableau 4 : Types amphoriques classés chronologiquement ; Appendice 1 : Code des pâtes argileuses ; Appendice 2 : Dimensions détaillées des amphores des variantes C Snp III-1 et 2 ; Index

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'...a well-illustrated and handsomely produced survey of amphorae produced in Black Sea centres of the Roman era and now housed in museums of the Turkish Black Sea coast.' – Ancient West and East 22 (2023)

Author Information

Dominique Kassab Tezgör was the scientific director of the excavation of a workshop of amphorae settled close to the ancient city of Sinope on the Turkish Black Sea coast. A large part of her research has been devoted to the amphorae of Sinop and the Black Sea amphorae of the Roman and Late antiquity periods. She is a professor in the Department of Archaeology of Bilkent University at Ankara (Turkey).

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