Reviews of "Amphora Stamps from Thasos" (Athenian Agora XXXVII)

Amphorae are stamped by production centers, especially in the Aegean Region. Stamps, which are epigraphic evidence, provide the date of the layer or context they were found by determining the origin of the amphorae and reveals the commercial relations between the production and consumption centers. There are many amphorae in the Edirne Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography. These amphorae are recorded in various ways in the inventory of the museum. It was determined that only five of the amphorae in the museum collection were stamped. This article aims to classify the stamped amphorae according to their production centers, to give a date to the stamped amphorae and to analyze the inscriptions on the stamps. In this study, seven stamps on five amphorae with preserved double handles were examined. Three of these stamps are Thasos and four are Rhodes. Only two of the Rhodesian stamps have been resolved. As a result of our investigations, it was determined that these stamped amphorae belonged to Thasos and Rhodes. The stamps have the names of the eponym and the producer, ethnicon and symbol. The date of the stamps that can be read within the scope of this article is determined by the names of the eponyms and producers. It is understood that the stamped amphorae here are generally from between the 4th – 2nd centuries BCE.

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International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 2017

2017

The objective of the paper is to explain and suggest about the three stamped amphora handles which were recorded at the site of Kaletepe that is considered to be the demos center of ancient Tymnos. The interpretation of field data is based on the widely accepted chronological span of the Rhodian trade amphorae. Despite the lack of an eponym or an accompanying month name on the stamps, they broadly allow the dates to between 256-86 B.C. It is conceivable, for the present, that Tymnos was one of the trade nexus of the Peraia. The contributory role of this demos in the trafficking of Rhodes across the Mediterranean becomes clear as it can be better understood through the availability of the amphora stamps. Also, plenty of fragmentary canonical forms, that were come across all over Kaletepe can be valuable to add to our knowledge about the short-range origins and extent of circulation of the merchantable products in the periphery of Hellenistic Rhodes. Owing to the uncertainty about his...

Archaeologia Bulgarica, 2021

In 1999-2001 and in 2003-2004 Georgi Atanasov, Regional History Museum – Shumen, excavated the south section of a tumulus near Ivanski, Northeastern Bulgaria. The investigations were conducted after treasure hunters plundered one of the two corbel-vaulted tombs inside the mound. The second tomb was destroyed in Antiquity. Many fragments of Thasian amphorae were discovered within the embankment of the tumulus which covered both tombs. Most of them were broken upon fireplaces and heaps of stones, associated with the final use of the tombs and their covering with earth. Twelve Thasian stamps were found among these amphora fragments 10 of which could be identified. They were stamped in the terms of five officials: Ἀριστοφάνης I (1 ex.), Ποῦλυς (2 ex.), Κρινομένης (5 ex.), Ἡρόδοτος (1 ex.) and Κλεοφῶν II (1 ex.). Moreover, a Thasian amphora stamp of the official Ἄλκιμος І was found at a distance of 400 m from the tumulus, in a small fortified site. According to the different chronological schemes of the Thasian magistrates, the time span between the earliest and the latest of the six Thasian officials registered at Ivanski ranges between 11/12 and 14 years. The data from the amphora stamps and the architectural features of both tombs at Ivanski, indicate that they were built in the 310s BC and their final use and covering with earth took place in the very end of the 4th c. BC – the very beginning of the 3rd c. BC.

Gephyra, 2023

This article analyzes twenty-six amphora stamps found during the excavations at the ancient city of Kalynda in 2022-2023. Twenty are identified as being of Rhodian origin, five are from Knidos, and one is unidentified. These finds not only contribute to our understanding of the Hellenistic history of the settlement but also provide some new information on the distribution and statistics of stamped amphora handles in southwestern Asia Minor. The quantity of stamped amphora handles found in Kalynda during a brief excavation period suggests that the settlement engaged in commercial relations with neighboring regions in the Hellenistic era. About 85% of the stamps found relate to the 3rd century BC, verifying the locality’s situation on a bustling trade path as backed by epigraphic documents and literary sources. These connections indicate an important relationship between Kalynda and the Ptolemaic administration.