This paper presents new research on a distinctive group of Byzantine amphorae from the 9th-10th centuries, previously categorized under the “Saraçhane type 45” or considered a survival form of “Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA1)”. Despite their broad distribution across the Mediterranean, these vessels remain understudied and are often conflated with earlier amphora types from the…
Despite the radical geopolitical transformations in the Mediterranean—most notably the fragmentation of the Byzantine empire and the rise of Western political entities in the early 13th century—the principal types of medieval amphorae remained surprisingly uniform. The majority of them was characterized primarily by handles that rise above the rim, such as the so called Günsenin…
As the capital and the most important commercial center of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople played a central role in ceramic circulation during that era. Especially its location along the Aegean and Black Sea has provided the opportunity for exchange of the goods from these regions. Furthermore, the city had a significant role for the production…
The paper examines amphora sealing practices in Egypt from the 6th to the 11th century CE in light of the socio-economic changes brought by the Arab conquest of 641 CE. It draws on an assemblage of 130 jar sealings excavated by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, at the monastery of Naqlun…