Pithos-type Vessels from Chhîm: Preliminary Assessment of Finds from 1996–2009
Pithos-type Vessels from Chhîm: Preliminary Assessment of Finds from 1996–2009

Summary/Abstract: Pithoi (the typological difference between a pithos/dolium and storage container is not clear) were found in abundance (second only to amphorae) in the excavated remains of the Roman– Byzantine village of Chhîm in Lebanon, where their presumed function was the storage of agricultural produce. The article discusses the forms and types of these vessels present in the assemblage, as well as a limited series of decorated examples of pithoi, bearing impressed or incised motifs on strips of applied clay or on the body itself. The pithoi sherds were dated for the most part contextually by well-known and dated forms of Late Roman C/Phocaean and African Red Slip wares dating from the end of the 4th to the 7th century AD .

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