Rhodian Amphora Stamps at the Foot of the Carpathians. New Evidences from the  Dacian Settlement at Cetățeni

Dragoș MĂNDESCU

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Rhodian Amphora Stamps at the Foot of the Carpathians. New Evidences from the Dacian Settlement at Cetățeni

Authors:

Dragoș MĂNDESCU

Publisher:

Mersin University

Main Topics:

History of ancient world

Journal:

OLBA 2022 Vol.XXX Issue XXX, pp.129-158

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2022

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000530811

Frequency:

Annual

eISSN:

2687-6558

pISSN:

1301-7667

Abstract:

 

This paper is occasioned by the identification in museum collections of four Rhodian stamped 
amphora handles discovered in the Dacian settlement from Cetățeni (Romania), which raises to 
114 the quantity of Rhodian stamps known from here. This large number of Rhodian amphora 
stamps compared to any other Dacian site is explained by the fact that the settlement of Cetățeni 
(2nd century BC – 1st century AD), located at the southern foot of the Carpathians, controlled a 
very important road that started from the Danube and crossed mountains to the north. The amount 
of imports in general (pottery, ornaments, coins) in this settlement is high, and indicates clear 
connections with the Mediterranean civilization, first with the Hellenistic world and then with the 
Roman one. The batch of Rhodian amphora stamps from Cetățeni covers the periods III-VI, with 
an obvious peak in the V period, in the decade 130-121 BC. The four new stamps are divided into 
two of eponym (Andrias, who is one of the last eponyms of the period Va, and an illegible one) and 
two of fabricant (both of them belonging to Linos).

Article Details

Rhodian Amphora Stamps at the Foot of the Carpathians. New Evidences from the Dacian Settlement at Cetățeni

Authors: Dragoș MĂNDESCU

Publisher: Mersin University

Main Topics: History of ancient world

Journal: OLBA 2022 Vol.XXX Issue XXX, pp.129-158

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2022

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000530811

Frequency: Annual

eISSN: 2687-6558

pISSN: 1301-7667

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Authors:

Dragoș MĂNDESCU

Publisher:

Mersin University

Main Topics:

History of ancient world

Journal:

OLBA 2022 Vol.XXX Issue XXX, pp.129-158

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2022

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000530811

Frequency:

Annual

eISSN:

2687-6558

pISSN:

1301-7667