Room 21 – out of the window – 11 – 14

11. Greek-Italic Amphora

end 4^th – mid 3^rd c. B.C.

Container for transporting wine produced in the Tyrrhenian area

(Etruria, Latium and, most of all, Campania) and in Sicily.

The one on display is of Campanian manufacture.

 

12. Tripolitana III Amphora

2^nd– 4^th c B.C.

Container for transporting oil produced in Africa (costs of Libya and Tunisia). Widespread in Northern Africa, Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean.

13. Dressel 20 amphora

1^st – beginning 4^th c. A.D.

Container produced in Spain for transporting oil.

Extremely common across the Roman world. The dump of Dressel 20 shards beside the river port of Rome created an artificial hill known as Testaccio or Monte dei Cocci (Shards Mount).

14. Pélichet 47/Gauloise 4 amphora

mid 1^st – 3^rd c. A.D.

Container for transporting wine produced in Gaul. Widespread in

Gaul, Britannia, Germany, Italy and, in small amounts, also in the Eastern

Mediterranean.