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Dressel 20 amphoras and allied types
A large globular amphora with substantial cylindrical handles and a prominent beaded or angular rim in a characteristic granular fabric, produced in the Spanish province of Baetica from the 1st to 3rd centuries and exported in very large numbers around the western Mediterranean and across the north-west provinces.
Illustration from Dressel's typology
Roman Amphoras in Britain
(Tyers 1996: Roman amphoras in Britain. Internet Archaeology 1 Council for British Archaeology. doi:10.11141/ia.1.6)
(Tyers 1996: Roman amphoras in Britain. Internet Archaeology 1 Council for British Archaeology. doi:10.11141/ia.1.6)
Roman Amphorae: a digital resource
(University of Southampton, 2005. doi:10.5284/1028192) Pages include details of typology, chronology, distribution, epigraphy and hi-resolution images of thin-sections.
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(University of Southampton, 2005. doi:10.5284/1028192) Pages include details of typology, chronology, distribution, epigraphy and hi-resolution images of thin-sections.
Access to this resource requires agreement to terms and conditions.
Distribution of Dressel 20 amphoras and allied types in Britain
Roman Pottery in Britain
(Tyers 1996)
- Fabric code: DR20 (p.87)
Thumbnail images (click for higher resolution):
National Roman Fabric Reference Collection
(Dore & Tomber 1998, Museum of London Archaeology Service Monograph 2)
(Dore & Tomber 1998, Museum of London Archaeology Service Monograph 2)
- Fabric code: BAT AM 1 (Baetican (Early) amphorae 1, p.84).
- Fabric code: BAT AM 2 (Baetican (Late) amphorae 2, p.85).
Thumbnail images
DICOCER: Dictionnaire des Céramiques Antiques
(Py, ed 1993)
(Py, ed 1993)
- Fabric code: A-BET [PDF] (Amphores de Bétique)
URL: http://potsherd.net/atlas/Ware/DR20 •
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