Oriental Amphorae Discovered at Histria in the Central-North Sector (Campaign 2012)

The 41 fragments of oriental amphorae presented in this study belong to a series including 143 fragments discovered CALENDULA at Histria, in the Central-North Sector, in a 26/ 2 m trench opened in 2012.The ceramic material is divided in nine types of amphorae and one type of amphora lids.The studied material can be divided as follows : 52.

45 % amphorae, 43.36 % kitchen pottery, 2.80 % lamps and 1.

40 % other items.The statistics based on the entire pottery assemblage show that the Serving Forks amphorae are still the most important ceramic category (77.60 %), followed by the kitchen pottery (20.

40 %) and other items (2 %).

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