Hi,
You quite often see
amphora handles around, even naturally scattered around the Mediterranen sites where they are breaking under foot. A similar thing can be said for
shards of
amphora bodies. The same can't be said, however, for
amphora lids and I was rather pleased to acquire these two recently. They do appear to be rather
rare survivors, having only ever come across one before (and that was in situ):
Terracotta lids from Roman amphorae.
cf Olga Karagiorgou: “LR2: a Container for the Military annona on the Danubian Border” figure 7.1, no.3, for three similar lids from Balkan LR2 amphorae Regards,
Mauseus
