The evolution of ‘Colchian’ amphoras from ancient Apsaros: the state of current research and future perspectives

• Authors: Paulina Komar

Title variants

PL

Ewolucja amfor „kolchidzkich” z Apsaros: stan badań i perspektywy na przyszłość

Abstracts

PL

Artykuł przedstawia ewolucję tzw. amfor „kolchidzkich” (znanych również jako „wschodnio-pontyjskie”) odkrytych w rzymskim forcie Apsaros (dzisiejsze Gonio w Gruzji). Jak sugerują wstępne statystyki obejmujące dane z siedmiu sezonów wykopaliskowych (2014–2021), były one najpowszechniejszą kategorią pojemników transportowych w Apsaros zarówno w okresie rzymskim, jak i bizantyjskim. Niestety nie jest znane dokładne pochodzenie poszczególnych grup tych amfor, wyróżnionych na podstawie składu ceramiki, ani ich zawartość, co wskazuje na konieczność przeprowadzenia analiz archeometrycznych próbek amfor „kolchidzkich”.

EN

This paper presents the evolution of the so-called ‘Colchian’ amphoras (also known as ‘Brown-Clay’ or ‘East-Pontic’) discovered at the Roman fort of Apsaros (modern-day Gonio, Georgia). As suggested by the preliminary statistics, including data from seven excavation seasons (2014-2021), these amphoras were the most common category of transport jars used at the fort during both the Early Roman and Byzantine periods. Unfortunately, the exact origin of the different fabric groups as well as their content is unknown, which stresses the need for archaeometric analyses of ‘Colchian’ amphora samples.

Keywords

EN

Roman and Byzantine pottery; Colchis; Roman forts; Colchian amphoras

PL

amfory kolchidzkie; ceramika rzymska i bizantyjska; fort rzymski

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Wrocławski. Wydział Nauk Historycznych i Pedagogicznych. Instytut Historyczny
• Journal: Studia Antiquitatis et Medii Aevi Incohantis
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 7
• Pages: 39-51

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Paulina Komar

• Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego

• https://orcid.org/000000016580223X

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Identifiers

DOI

10.34616/samai.2022.7.39.51

Biblioteka Nauki

26850719