Eidolon

Keay LII from Italy to Egypt

The Keay LII wine amphora is a short flat-based amphora type produced in the Sicilian-Calabrian area between the middle of the 4th and the 7th century CE.

Geographical distribution

Widely distributed in southern Italy, in the north-western sector of the Mediterranean, as well as in north Africa and occasionally in the eastern Mediterranean. So far, their presence in Egypt is rare, as it is shown in the map. (Cover image, from Caputo 2019, Fig. 10.10.u).

Bookmarks

Arthur, P. and E. D. Oren (1998) “The North Sinai survey and the evidence of transport amphorae for Roman and Byzantine trading patterns,” Journal of Roman Archaeology 11: 193-212.

Caputo, C. “Egyptian and Imported Amphorae at Amheida”, in R.S. Bagnall-G. Tallet (eds.), Great Oasis Conference, Oasis Magna. The Kharga and Dakhla Oases in Antiquity, Cambridge 2019: 168–191.

Dixneuf, D. “Note préliminaire sur la céramique de Farama-est (avril 2006)”, Genava 54 (2006): 391-397.

Rieger, A.-K. et al. “On the route to Siwa: A Late Roman roadhouse at the cistern site Abar el-Kanayis on the Marmarica-Plateau”, MDAIK 68 (2012): 135-173.

Contacts

Clementina Caputo
Junior Researcher (RTDA)
Department Architecture, Built Environment and Construction engineering (ABC)
Politecnico di Milano
Building 15 - Campus Bonardi
Via Ponzio 31 - 20133 Milano - Italy
clementina.caputo@polimi.it