Roman Amphora from 3 fathoms in the mouth of the Exe

This top of a Roman amphora was one of the Show&Tell items which were loaned to Starcross History for its AGM on May 11th.

The late Jim Shapter reported that it was brought up from approximately 20 foot depth (6 metres. 3 fathoms) in the River Exe Estuary, off Cockwood, in 1991; when divers had gone down to inspect Jim's deep water mooring.

In 1994, the following information was kindly provided by Graham Langman of the Archaelogical Field Unit at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter:

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It is a type called Dressel 20 and is the commonest form found in Roman Britain. It was made in large numbers along the banks of the river Guadalquivir and its tributaries between Seville and Cordoba in the southern Spanish Province of Baetica, and was used to carry the locally-produced olive oil. The span of production of this type covers three centuries and this amphora will date between the mid first century AD and the third century AD.
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