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Thin Walled Pottery at Miletus and Some Observations on the Places of Production

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Thin walled pottery was produced in Italy between the late IInd century B.C. to the IIIrd century A.D. Scanty examples from find spots in Western Asia Minor are extensive in Early Roman deposits. Available finds from the trenches WB59, S61 and also from Heroon III, Heroon I, the South Baths and the Bishops Palace, present an overwiew of the spectrum of thin walled pottery from Miletus. Ellipsoidal and conical beakers from the late Ist century B.C. and the early Ist century A.D. form the most frequently represented group amongst finds from the early Roman Period. Boccalina a Collarina Type Jugs with a cone shaped rim are represented in deposits dating from the IInd and IIIrd century A.D. The available finds from Miletos provide a close analogy with examples from western Asia Minor. Some of the ellipsoidal and conical beakers are from a micaceaous Meander clay. Among the finds from the Early Roman Period, Cnidian carinated cups with thumb impressions and Urnetta Collarina type jugs, probably of Northern Aegean origin, were also found. Among the later types of Boccalino a Collarino jugs (with cone shaped rim) from the IIIrd century A.D., an example from the Phocean workshop was identified. Available data indicates Italian thin walled pottery was not favoured in Miletus, as was the case with other cities of Ionia.

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Ionia , Miletus , Thin Walled Pottery , Late Hellenistic Pottery , Roman Pottery

Mediterranean Journal Of Humanities

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