LRA 1 manufactured at Soli- Pompeiopolis: production and distribution
Résumé
Two kiln sites manufacturing Late Roman 1 amphorae at Soli-Pompeiopolis, Cilicia,
were first located by J.-Y. Empereur and M. Picon in 1989. Twenty years later, a
brief investigation was conducted at one of these locales, near the ancient harbour,
referred to by Empereur and Picon as the ‘Soles-Ouest’ kiln site. Visual observations
and photography with a digital microscope enabled us to document the LR 1
amphorae manufactured at Soli-Pompeoipolis. Since the samples collected exhibit
a homogeneous and characteristic fabric we can propose a preliminary chronotypology for their production at this site. Precise identification of local fabrics of LR 1
amphorae produced throughout the region remains essential to any reconstruction of
the maritime trade network that Soli and other Cilician cities were engaged in during
the Late Roman period.