LATIN SEALS IN AMPHORA’S IN ALBANIAN (III-I CENT. B.C)
LATIN SEALS IN AMPHORA’S IN ALBANIAN (III-I CENT. B.C)

Summary/Abstract: The author Bashkim Lahi, archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Albanological Studies, Tirana, presents through his book, his many-years long research about the Latin seals in the amphora of transport that have circulated in the Southern Illyria during the III-I centuries B.C. The book has 252 pages and it includes 350 Latin seals of the amphora of transport, with 210 proper names, documented, in different dwellings in Albania, from the 40’s of the 20-th century until 2017. A part of the findings is published for the first time, whereas the seals that have been studied again, have undergone a wide analysis and have been confronted with rich comparative literature. The fundamental aim of this study is the identification of the Latin seals in the amphora of transport during the III-I cent. B.C., and their placement in the historical context. The seals in the publication have been confronted with a relatively rich literature, prolonged in time from 1885 until the latest literature, in a volume of more than 200 publications with about 150 different authors. The publication has been issued in June 2019.

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