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MOB 4. Mobile artifact. (Amphora).
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Kapitän II / Peacock & Williams Class 47 / Niederbieber 77 / Berenice MRA 7 / Robinson
M237 / Ostia Form VI / Keay Type XII
Present location: Naval Museum, Capo Colonna.
Description: This amphora is not as well preserved as MOB 3. Of the entire amphora only
the neck, one handle, and part of the shoulder are preserved, and all are heavily covered
with marine encrustations. The handle that survives is almost oval in section and stretches
from the nearly flat shoulder to the top of the neck. The neck is tall and decorated with
broad wheel-ridging. As in MOB 3, no remains of the body or toe survive.
Origin: Based on distribution patterns, the place of origin seems to be the Aegean Sea;
possibly the island of Kos.
Geographical Distribution: This amphora type is most commonly found in the eastern
Mediterranean and at Ostia, but some examples have also been found in Germany, Britain,
Greece, Spain, Romania, Iraq, Nubia, and south Russia.
Content: Probably wine, due to some pitch remains.
Date range: Second half of the second century A.D.-beginning of the fifth century A.D.
Fabric: Bright orange in color, with inclusions of big grains of quartz.
otes: Discovered in 1983, during the Aquarius’ excavation.
Bibliography: unpublished.