Description
Book SynopsisThe 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
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Table of ContentsAvant-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
