Title: Corpus des amphores romaines produites dans les centres de mer Noire : collections des musées de la côte turque de la mer Noire (Eregli, Amasra, Sinop, Samsun, Giresun, Ordu, Trabzon et Amasya) /
Authors: Tezgör, Dominique Kassab
Year: 2020
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) Turkey Black Sea Coast.; Amphoras Turkey Black Sea Coast.; Amphoras; Classical antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Black Sea Coast (Turkey) Antiquities, Roman.; Black Sea Coast (Turkey) History.; Turkey Black Sea Coast
Abstract: The Black Sea cities of Turkey's northern coast  Eregli , Amasra, Sinop, Samsun, Giresun, Ordu, Trabzon, and inland Amasya  are endowed with museums whose holdings include important collections of amphorae. Their state of preservation is also exceptional since the majority were recovered intact from the sea. Most were produced in the big manufacturing centres around the Black Sea during the Roman period, between the 2nd/3rd centuries BCE and the 7th century CE. This Corpus brings them together and analyses them in the light of recent investigations. The production lines of Sinop and Colchis are especially well represented and can be followed without interruption over several centuries. The size of the assemblage ca. 450 vessels provides an overview of manufacturing trends for Black Sea amphorae, and brings out the similarities and differences in technique and morphology that distinguished one workshop from another. Research on this corpus has also offered an opportunity to consider questions inherent to amphora studies, such as what commercial goods they contained; how vessel shapes related to the regional resources for which they were designed; standardized volumes; and the use of amphoras in paying the annona.