Public and private modes of Byzantine commerce: the amphoras of the 7th-century Yassiada shipwreck revisited

FAIN: FT-55215-07

Peter Gerritt van Alfen
American Numismatic Society (New York, NY 10013-1917)

This project is a comprehensive reexamination of c. 600 amphoras (large ceramic transport jars) from a 7th c. A.D. shipwreck excavated in the early 1960s near Bodrum, Turkey. The study will contribute to broader issues concerning the public and private nature of Late Roman/early Byzantine commerce and taxation. By using new methodologies and models, questions regarding the production and consumption of the jars and their contents, the jars’ cultural function(s), and the nature of the ship’s final voyage will be addressed.

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The restudy of the LR 2 and 13 amphoras from the 7th-c. Yassiada shipwreck: preliminary evidence for standardization (Book Section)
Title: The restudy of the LR 2 and 13 amphoras from the 7th-c. Yassiada shipwreck: preliminary evidence for standardization
Author: Peter van Alfen
Editor: Deborah Carlson, Justin Leidwanger, Sarah Kampbell
Abstract: This study argues for a high degree of standardization in the LR2 and 13 amphoras recovered from the 7th century CE Yassiada shipwreck excavated near Bodrum, Turkey, in the early 1960s.
Year: 2015
Primary URL: https://www.academia.edu/20261537/The_Restudy_of_the_LR2_Amphoras_from_the_Seventh-Century_Yassiada_Shipwreck_Preliminary_Evidence_for_Standardization
Primary URL Description: The author's Academia.edu webpage.
Access Model: Open Access
Publisher: Texas A&M University
Book Title: Maritime Studies in the Wake of the Byzantine Shipwreck at Yassiada, Turkey
ISBN: 9781623492151

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