• Typology: T28, 3rd to 4th AD. Type Marzameni II. It also has the form of Niederbieber 77. This type was especially present around the Eastern Mediterranean.

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• Date: found in Athens Agora dated 267 AD.
• General description: Storage jar made of thick red ribbed clay. Overall dimensions, vertical 78 cm, horizontal 26 cm, thickness 1 cm. You can see traces of the potter fingers on the inside.
• Detailed description:
  • -Lip: 2 cm straight, with a deep groove separating the lip from the neck.
  • -Neck: very long truncated cone with a narrow opening, 4.5 cm of diameter. Dimensions, vertical 26 cm, horizontal 6.5 cm at the top and 12 cm at the base.
  • -Shoulders: sloped under 45º and bellied.
  • -Body: fusiform. Dimensions, vertical 43 cm, horizontal 26 cm.
  • -Handles: rise at oblique angle on both sides, starting from just under the lip ending perpendicularly on the shoulder. Dimensions, vertical 30 cm, horizontal 9 cm.
  • -Foot: standing ring. Dimensions, vertical 7 cm, horizontal 7.5 cm.
• Sites on land: Syracuse (Sicily) fragments. Ostia. Berenice(Libya) Black Sea fragments. Athens. Bosporus fragments. Tell Rosh Ha'ayin (Palestine). Cyprus. Jerash (Jordan). Doura Europos (Syria). Ain Sinu (Iraq).
• Sites underwater: Marzameni (Sicily) fragments. Ilôt de Bagaud (France). Lavezi (Corsica). Tripoli (Lebanon).
• Collection: Ostia Museum / Saarbrücken Museum / Sousse Museum / American University Museum, Beirut /National Museum, Beirut /Agora Museum, Athens
• Private collection: Camille Abdulnour (Lebanon) / Raymond Abdulnour (Lebanon).
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