About this objectHaltern Type 70 amphora in yellowish-brown fabric; rim and handles missing. A form used to transport defrutum (sweet grape juice), olives and wine from Baetica (Spain). Dug up on Purwell Lane Housing Estate while laying drains on Kingswood Avenue in 1948. Hertfordshire Historic Environment Record entry.
Amphorae were the bulk of transport contains of the ancient world. This one may have contained wine.
Date Made80 BC-AD 190
PeriodRoman (AD 43-411)
Place MadeSpain
Place NotesRoman province of Baetica
Medium and MaterialsVessel | Ceramic
MeasurementsSurviving length 0.78 m, maximum diameter 0.34 m
