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Carrot amphorae y otras ánforas de origen sirio-palestino procedentes de un contexto vespasianeo de Segobriga (Saelices, Hispania Citerior)

2017; Editorial Universidad de Sevilla; Issue: 26 Linguagem: Inglês

10.12795/spal.2017i26.07

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Rosario Cebrián Fernández, Ignacio Hortelano Uceda,

Archaeology and Historical Studies

The archaeological excavation carried out between 2011 and 2013 in the amphitheatre of Segobriga meant the finding of a deep levelling located at the south side of the building containing more than 90,000 ceramic fragments dating at the beginning of the reign of Vespasian.The total of 1,154 sherds of Syrian-Palestinian amphorae recovered during the excavation, including Carrot Amphorae, Kingsholm 117 and Majcherek I, is, nowadays, one of the best sets of this type of containers found in the Iberian Peninsula due both to its quantity and to its typological variety.Their presence in Segobriga reveals the integration of the city in the main Mediterranean trade routes through the port of Carthago Nova, revealing the arrival in the city during the mid-first century AD of exotic products coming from the Near East.