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Gauloise flat-based amphoras

Flat-based two-handled amphoras typically in a fine-textured micaceous fabric. Produced at a large number of sites across southern France (Languedoc and Provence/FR), and very common in the north-west provinces during the 2nd and 3rd centuries.

Roman Amphoras in Britain
(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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Distribution of Gauloise flat-based amphoras in Britain
Roman Pottery in Britain (Tyers 1996)
  • Fabric code: GAUL (p.94)
Thumbnail images (click for higher resolution):
National Roman Fabric Reference Collection
(Dore & Tomber 1998, Museum of London Archaeology Service Monograph 2)
  • Fabric code: GAL AM 1 (Gaulish amphorae 1, p.93).
Thumbnail images
DICOCER: Dictionnaire des Céramiques Antiques
(Py, ed 1993)
  • Fabric code: A-GAUL [PDF] (Amphores gauloises)
Pages may include descriptions of related types (text in French).
Gauloise flat-based amphoras
URL: http://potsherd.net/atlas/Ware/GAUL • © Text 1996, 2014: Layout 2012, 2014. Some images may be linked to other web sites.