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LeVAntIne (SYrIA-PALeStIne) AmPHOrAS er than the Eastern Mediterranean and Northern Aege-
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Berythus (Beirut) Amphoras an Regions . The type LR-4 amphora we found had an
Named after their production site as Berythus, they intact mouth and handles, but the body was broken off
are also known as at the level of
Agora M 334 . both handles.
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They were re- It has an evert-
covered from the ed witm with
Athenian Ago- rounded edg-
ra and called M es, a very short
334, and recov- neck, and short
ery of its earlier and handles
samples in large oval in section,
quantities during starting above
the excavations in the shoulder
Beirut supported and joining the
the fact that these body. Based
amphoras might on similar ex-
have originated amples, it ap-
from Beirut . The pears that it
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mouth, handles had an elongat-
and neck of the ed cylindrical
amphora of this body. It also
type in our study has grooves
have not survived starting below
to the present the handles,
day. However, the and running
junction to shoul- down the base.
der and the body Considering
until the bottom these features,
have been well it seems that
preserved. The it can be clas-
most prominent Fig. 17. sified among
feature of this type type LR 4 am-
is the grooves, al- phoras-type
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ternately thick and thin, starting at the shoulder lev- B1 . We propose that it can be dated to between the
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el and running down the bottom. The amphora has 6th century and 8th century AD M (Fig. 11a).
an everted rim, handles in oval section, starting from Amphora Type LR 4 B3
the rim and joining the body on the shoulders, and an Also called Almagro 54; Augst 60; British (Tinta-
ovoid body tapering down the base. Details cannot be gel) Bvi.; Egloff 182; Gaza amphoras; Cartagena LR4;
seen as it is entirely covered with marine organisms. Keay LIV; Kuzmanov XIV; Peacock-Williams 49; or
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We propose that the Beirut amphora we found can be Riley LR 4, such amphoras were intensely found in
dated to between the 5th century AD and 6th century the sites on the southern and eastern Mediterranean Sea
AD (Fig. 10). as well as in Gaza, and a limited amount was found
GAZA AmPHOrAS in western Europe and in the Black Sea region. A sin-
Amphora Type LR 4 B1 gle example was found during our survey, of which the
This type of amphoras have been found on the Ro- rim, handles and parts of its body survived to date, and
manian coastline and Skythia Region in Black Sea oth- was entirely covered with marine organisms.

28 ROBİNSON 1959, 115.
29 REYNOLDS 2000, 88-89.
30 OPAİT 1996, 209.
31 PİERİ 2007, fig. 8.
32 SLAN 2015, 357, kat. 26.; ORHAN 2017, 141-148.
33 ŞENOL 2000, 244.
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