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ROMAN POTTERY
FINE-WARE IMPORTS

By:

John W. Hayes

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

087661232X

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9780876612323

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Publisher:

AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS

Pub. date:

1 December, 2007

Series:

Athenian Agora

Pages:

386

Description:

Examples of Roman period red-gloss and red-slip pottery generally termed terra sigillata found during excavations in the Athenian Agora form the focus of this volume. These finewares, like the other tablewares of the first seven centuries A.D.

Synopsis:

Examples of Roman period red-gloss and red-slip pottery (terra sigillata) found during excavations in the Athenian Agora form the focus of this volume. These fine wares, like the other table wares of the first seven centuries A.D. discussed here, were all imported--a very different situation to earlier periods where Athens was known as a great ceramic-making center, and perhaps the result of mass destruction of potters' workshops during the Sullan sack of 86 B.C. While the image of a demolished pottery industry is tragic, the consequent conglomeration of fine-wares from many parts of the Roman empire in one city makes the Athenian Agora a tremendous source of comparanda for archaeologists working all round the Mediterranean. Written by the world's leading expert on Roman pottery, this huge catalogue illustrating and identifying multiple shapes and types of decoration will therefore be an essential reference book.

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American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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