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A Roman amphora production site near Lepcis Magna: petrographic analyses of the fabrics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2014

Claudio Capelli
Affiliation:
DIP.TE.RIS., University of Genoa, Italy and Centre Camille Jullian, MMSH-CNRS, Aix-en-Provence, France
Victoria Leitch
Affiliation:
British School at Rome

Abstract

A coastal survey carried out in the area of Lepcis Magna in November 2010 located a ceramic kiln site, which seemed to be mainly producing Tripolitania II amphorae. Archaeometric analysis was carried out on samples recovered from the site to characterise the fabrics and confirm this hypothesis.

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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 2011

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