The Late Roman Amphorae from Tropaeum Traiani, Sector A (north of the Basilica A), 2005–2016

Abstract

This paper reports the characterization of 82 amphorae fragments discovered in archaeological contexts at Tropaeum Traiani (Adamclisi, Constanţa County, Romania), in Sector A (north of the Basilica A), from 2005 to 2016, dated between the 4th– 6th centuries AD, in an attempt to understand the consumption and circulation of different commodities, as well as the trade connections of this settlement from the Lower Danube with the rest of the Roman world during the Late Antiquity period. The 82 fragments of Late Roman amphorae presented in this study belong to an assemblage including a total number of 283 amphorae fragments. The ceramic material is divided into 15 types, subtypes and variants of amphorae. The statistics based on the entire amphorae assemblage show the predominance of LRA 2 (38%) and LRA 1 (33%), while LRA 3 is less represented. The imports of olive oil represent 76% of the total imports, while wine only 24%

Keywords

• late roman period
• tropaeum traiani
• economy
• trade
• amphorae