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Pots for storage of food from Crikvenica

Among around 100 types of vessels that were produced in the pottery workshop of Sextus Metilius Maximus one type can be pointed out as a storage vessel used for transportation and trade in smaller range of distribution. Double- or single-handled vessels appear in several variants and may have played a number of roles, from tableware to storageware. In view of their shape, they are mostly considered as pots, although certain forms may have been used as cups or small table kraters for mixing wine. Analyses of the contents revealed that certain types were used for storing and perhaps also transporting garum, (allec), fruits and olives, while some are considered as honey-storage vessels. They differ by the shape of the rim (JW 1 and JW 2). Differences can be found in the size of the vessels. It is difficult to say what were their contents, but since we can suspect that garum amphorae were produced at the site, some of those pots could also be used in the same way. Distribution of this type of pots produced in Crikvenica is attested at Senj, Bakar and Žuta lokva and we can assume that these pots were used for the goods needed in the regional trade

Roman Dalmatia ; Roman pottery ; Crikvenica ; Sextus Metillius Maximus ; Roman food ; garum ; honey ; fruit ; figs

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