National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Amphora Inscribed, North Africa, Latin
Period: Late Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Jerusalem, Old City, Jewish Quarter, Area F, M
Wide: 23 cm
Height: 75 cm
Description: The Amphora dated to the first half of the 1st century BCE. It was manufactured in the Cartaginian area in north Africa. On the shoulder there is a tituli picti in red ink.
Bibliography:
Finkielsztejn G. 2006. Imported Amphoras in: Geva H. (ed.) Jewish quarter excavations in the old city of Jerusalem, Vol. III. Jerusalem, 168- 183, pl. 6.2: A25.





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