La production des amphores ovoïdes de type « Africaine ancienne » à Utique

Abstract

The new researches undertaken at Utica made it possible to better localize the production place of old African amphorae, that the last discoveries authorized their attribution to the north-eastern area of Northern Tunisia. Indeed, among the ceramic findings delivered by the recent excavation of a kiln built out of mud bricks according to the Phoenician tradition, and the excavation of a ceramic dump well delimited by adobe walls, are several shards of edges, handles and feet classified in this ovoid-shaped amphora type. The petrographic analysis of certain samples confirmed the homogeneity of the clay and suggests that these amphorae belong to only one same group of a local production.

Keywords

• amphora
• ceramic
• kiln
• dump
• Utica