2.8. Gauloise 12 amphoras

Typology

Flat-based globular vessel with a distinctive thickened rim, with multiple grooves on the upper surface. Often decorated with horizontal bands of combed wavy lines on the upper body.

Fabric and technology

Fine sandy red or yellow fabrics.

Capacity

Apparently produced in three sizes, averaging 6.4l, 14.5l (the most common) and 40.6l.

Date

Later 2nd-3rd century AD.

Source

Probably Normandy, on distributional grounds.

Contents

Unknown, but inner surface coated with resin (Formenti in Laubenheimer and Lequoy 1992, 91-2).

Distribution

Normandy, and southern and eastern Britain, as far as Carpow in Scotland (Fitzpatrick 1992)

Aliases

Peacock and Williams class 55 (Furrowed rim).

References

Laubenheimer and Lequoy 1992.

Bibliography

Fitzpatrick 1992 Fitzpatrick, A. P., La place des amphores dans l'approvisionnement militaire de l'Écosse romaine, in Les amphores en Gaule. Production et circulation, F. Laubenheimer ed., Centre de Recherches d'Histoire Ancienne, 116, 179-83, Université de Besançon, Besançon, 1992.
Laubenheimer and Lequoy 1992 Laubenheimer, F. and Lequoy, M.-C., Les amphores Gauloise 12 de Normandie. Le matériel de la nécropole de Vatteville-la-Rue, in Les amphores en Gaule. Production et circulation, F. Laubenheimer ed., Centre de Recherches d'Histoire Ancienne, 116, 75-92, Université de Besançon, Besançon, 1992.