La valeur et le caractère informatif des inscriptions présentes sur l’instrumentum domesticum ont véritablement été appréhendés pour la première fois à partir de la fin du XIXe siècle, notamment grâce aux travaux pionniers d’Heinrich Dressel sur briques, tuiles et amphores découvertes à Rome. Pour la province de Gaule Narbonnaise, il a fallu attendre près de cent ans, avec la publication de la thèse de Fanette Laubenheimer sur les amphores gauloises, ce qui a permis de répertorier des graffiti et des tituli picti, mais surtout de regrouper un corpus de 289 estampilles, soit 61 timbres distincts. Les premiers recueils de timbres sur matériaux de construction en terre cuite sont des travaux de collectes et d’inventaires réalisés à une échelle régionale ou micro-régionale, également dans les années 1980.Cette thèse s’inscrit dans la continuité de ces recherches. Elle présente deux catalogues. Le premier concerne les matériaux de construction en terre cuite avec 3183 timbres correspondant à 241 estampilles distinctes. Et le deuxième, les amphores gauloises et les couvercles de celles-ci, avec au total 941 timbres, soit 209 estampilles distinctes. Ce travail d’inventaire a été possible grâce au dépouillement de nombreuses revues, ouvrages et autres ressources bibliographiques. Les normes de cette documentation étant différentes, toutes les illustrations ont été homogénéisées afin d’être publiées à l’échelle 1/1, avec un même code couleur.La réalisation de tels corpus de timbres ouvre la porte à des études préliminaires qui apportent d’importants renseignements sur les différentes structures de productions mais aussi sur les producteurs. L’étude chronologique de la paléographie des estampilles permet d’aborder les habitudes de timbrage d’une province, à un moment donné et parfois en fonction de la zone de production. La réalisation de cartes de répartition permet d’étudier la diffusion des matériaux. Enfin, les études prosopographiques permettent d’en apprendre un peu plus sur l’identité des personnages qui apposaient leur nom sur les productions.Un des objectifs premiers de cette thèse est de fournir aux archéologues et aux historiens un outil de travail exploitable lors de la découverte de timbres sur tuiles, briques ou amphores gauloises. Nous avons également souhaité faire prendre conscience de l’intérêt de communiquer ces découvertes et de mentionner les contextes chrono-stratigraphiques, afin de pouvoir mener une réflexion socio-économique à l’échelle d’une province entière. / The value and the informative nature of the inscriptions on the instrumentum domesticum were actually understood for the first time after the end of the 19th century, thanks to the pioneering work of Heinrich Dressel on bricks, tiles and amphorae discovered in Rome. For the province of Gaule Narbonnaise, it was necessary to wait nearly one hundred years for the publication of Fanette Laubenheimer’s thesis on Gallic amphorae, which made it possible to list graffiti and tituli picti, but especially to gather a body of 289 stamps, of which 61 were distictively different. The earliest collections of stamps on terracotta building materials are collections and inventories carried out on a regional or micro-regional scale, also in the 1980s.This thesis is part of the continuity of this research. It presents two catalogs. The first concerns terracotta building materials with 3183 stamps corresponding to 241 different stamps. And the second, the Gallic amphorae and their corresponding lids, with a total of 941 stamps, of which 209 are separate stamps. This inventory work was made possible through the compilation of numerous journals, books and other bibliographic resources. The standards of this documentation being different, all the illustrations have been adapted to be published at the scale 1/1, with the same color code.The compilation of such a body of stamps opens the door to preliminary studies, thus providing important information not only on the different structures of productions, but also on the producers. The chronological study of the palaeography of the stamps makes it possible to examine the stamping habits of a province, at a given time and sometimes in relation to the production area. The creation of distribution maps makes it possible to study the diffusion of materials. Finally, prosopographic studies make it possible to learn a little more about the identity of the people who put their name on the productions.One of the primary objectives of this thesis is to provide archaeologists and historians with a workable tool that can be useful when discovering stamps on Gallic tiles, bricks or amphorae. We also wanted to raise awareness of the value of communicating these discoveries and to mention the chrono-stratigraphic contexts, in order to be able to carry out a socio-economic reflection on the scale of a whole province.

The central part of the thesis consists of the chronological arrangement and discussion of the coin series struck by the Chian mint from the beginning of the Hellenistic period (c 332 BC) down to its demise during the late Roman Imperial period (c 270 AD). After establishing a sequence of issue for the individual series I consider other aspects of the coinage, such as patterns of issue, links with the economy, and developments in typology and denominations. These topics are presented and discussed in general chapters following that of the coin series. The study of coin typology has contributed to our knowledge of Chian society and economy of the period. For example the adoption and permanent use of sphinx type on the obverse of the coinage offered the opportunity to trace the development of the main civic symbol of an ancient Greek city over a continued period of six centuries. The wine amphora appearing on the reverse of most coins revealed that this jar was manufactured locally at Chios throughout the Roman period, which archaeology has failed to record. This finding has repercussions on our idea of contemporary Chian economy since it constitutes strong evidence that the export of wine -known to have been an important economic activity for Chios in earlier periods- continued after Roman domination. A separate chapter on the denominational system at Chios proved of particular importance for understanding the denominations used in the Eastern Greek world in general, since Chian coinage of the Roman period is one the few bearing marked denominational values. Numismatic findings have also contributed much to the meager information we have on the local history during Hellenistic and Roman periods. The last chapter discusses the Chian issues as economic objects and their circulation overseas. The study has established a link between the Chian trade pattern and foreign finds of this coinage during the same period.

The thesis presents the results of a study of 1005 graffiti on 13th century Byzantine amphorae from a shipwreck in the Bay of Sudak near Novy Svet, Crimea, Ukraine. The primary goals of this thesis are 1) to provide an overview of the excavation and shipwreck, 2) to examine the importance of the Novy Svet wreck in terms of Black Sea maritime trade in the Late Byzantine period, 3) to present the data collected at the Center for Underwater Archaeology at the Taras Shevchenko National University in Kiev, Ukraine (CUA) about the graffiti inscribed on the Günsenin IV amphorae raised from the Novy Svet wreck and 4) to discuss the meaning and importance of the graffiti, both aboard the ship itself and in a more general context. The thesis introduces the results of the 2002-2008 underwater excavation seasons at Novy Svet. Excavators have identified a 13th century shipwreck filled with glazed ceramics and amphorae as a Pisan vessel sunk on August 14, 1277. The majority of the amphorae are Günsenin IV jars and have graffiti inscribed on them. Analysis of the graffiti focuses on the division of the marks into morphological categories, and identifying parallels for the specific forms at other archaeological sites. The graffiti are divided into 5 types; Greek/Cyrillic letters, Turkic runes, geometric or pictorial symbols, numerical designations, and Arabic letters. Their parallels speak to a multi-lingual, multi-ethnic trade network in the Black Sea that included Byzantine Greeks, Hellenized Bulgarians, and Arabs.

Zugl.: München, Univ., Diss., 2007

Published in part as author's inaugural dissertation, University of Munich, 1899 (32 p.).

La thèse est consacrée à la production d’amphores à huile (Dr. 20 et Dr. 23) dans le conventus d’Hispalis (prov. de Séville) entre le I er siècle ap. J.-C. et le V e siècle ap. J.-C.
 Les recherches qui ont été menées depuis la fin du XIX e siècle ont centré leurs problématiques sur les corpus des timbres en oubliant de prendre en considération les ateliers de potiers auxquels ils étaient rattachés. Nous nous intéresserons plus particulièrement à ces centres de production d’amphores à huile en réalisant un catalogue exhaustif et raisonné de ces derniers grâce à une série de prospections pédestres et géophysiques. L’objectif sera d’appréhender de façon exhaustive l’histoire socio-économique relative au commerce de l’huile dans la vallée du Bas-Guadalquivir (prov. de Séville). / The thesis is devoted to the production of oil amphorae (Dr. 20 Dr. 23) in the conventus of Hispalis (prov. Of Seville) between the first century AD. BC and the fifth century AD. BC The research that has been conducted since the late nineteenth century focused their problems on the corpus of the stamps forgetting to consider the pottery workshops to which they were attached. We are particularly interest to these oil amphorae production centers by providing a comprehensive and descriptive catalog of these workshops thanks to a series of pedestrian and geophysical surveys. The aim will be to understand comprehensively the socio-economic history on trade in oil in the valley of the lower Guadalquivir (prov. Of Seville).

Zugl.: München, Univ., Diss., 2007.

Zugl.: München, Univ., Diss., 2007.

La présente thèse se place dans une dynamique de recherche générale ayant pour objectif de caractériser les productions des différents ateliers de céramiques antiques d'Afrique du Nord. Dans cette perspective, l'étude exhaustive des amphores produites à Zitha permet de mettre en lumière les spécificités de ses productions et de dégager une typologie propre à ses ateliers. Le parallèle établi entre les productions d'amphores de Zitha et celles des deux petits ateliers ruraux inédits d'Henchir Kalkh et Henchir Bou Gornine permet, en outre, de définir l'existence d'un faciès céramique à dominante tripolitaine propre à cette région de la Tunisie méridionale. Outre son intérêt typologique, ce travail vise également à intégrer ces données dans une dynamique plus globale et à s'interroger sur le potentiel économique de la Tripolitaine occidentale. Si les différents contextes de production étudiés (site de production semi-urbain et sites ruraux) nous amènent à nous interroger sur leur relation à une échelle locale et régionale, la production de types plus ou moins standardisés pose également la question de leur intégration au sein des réseaux commerciaux africains et méditerranéens. La présence, mais aussi l'absence, de certains types d'amphores caractéristiques suivant les différents ateliers de la province de Tripolitaine permettent également d'aborder la question de leur contenu (huile, vin, salaisons) et d'appréhender les différentes denrées produites sur ce vaste territoire. Il est ainsi possible de dégager certaines spécificités régionales au sein de cette grande province. / This thesis forms part of a dynamic research aimed at characterizing the productions of ancient ceramic workshops in North Africa. In particular, the exhaustive study of amphorae produced at Zitha highlights the characteristics of these products and permits to identify specific workshops typologies. Correlations can be drawn between the amphora production of Zitha and those of two other (unpublished) rural workshops, those of Henchir Kalkh and Henchir Bou Gornine. Moreover, this allows to define the existence of a dominant Tripolitania facies of ceramics, specific to this region of the southern of Tunisia. In addition to the morphological interest, this work also aims to integrate these data in a more global systematic and wants to reflect on the economic potential of the western Tripolitania. The different studied production contexts (both semi-urban and rural sites) can lead us to question their relationship to local and regional scale of craft activity, the production of more or less standardized morphologies and raises the question of their integration into larger African and Mediterranean trade networks. The presence, but also the absence, of characteristics types of amphorae in certain known Tripolitania workshops also helps to address the issue of content (oil, wine, cured meats) and to understand the various commodities produced on this vast territory. This research shows the potential of identifying various regional specificities in this important and large province of the Mediterranean world.

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