Anfore neo-puniche del I secolo d.C. di Arles, Ostia e Roma: classificazione tipo-petrografica, origine e diffusione

The study of the neo-punic amphorae from archaeological excavations in Rome (Nuovo Mercato di Testaccio), Ostia (Terme del Nuotatore) and Arles (Arles-Rhône 3 wreck) allowed the possibility of analyzing a category of little known North African amphorae which were in circulation during the 1st century AD. This has also presented the opportunity to illustrate and discuss the limits of the few typological references available for the classification of such amphorae - Mau XL, Vindonissa 592, Oberaden fig. 25, n. 4, Dressel 18 forms - and to attempt a new methodological approach to typology, in which traditional morphological study has been associated with the analysis of petrographic and technical features of fabrics, to set up a new integrated classification as realistically as possible and directly referable to production centers, which, although not always precisely located, are likely to be found mainly in the Tunisian Sahel area.