A Werner A2 ewer from Byzantine Cartagena and the distribution of bronze cast vessels in the western Mediterranean around 600 CE

During the 6th and 7th c. CE, Carthago Spartaria (modern Cartagena) became one of the most important cities in the Byzantine province of Spania. Recent archaeological excavations at Cerro del Molinete have significantly increased our knowledge of the ancient city, enabling the exploration of an early Byzantine neighborhood built over the Roman Forum district. A cast bronze ewer of type Werner A2 was found in a pit dug over the temple that presided over the Forum. The associated materials, mainly pottery and glass vessels, are compatible with a deposition between 580/90 and 650/60 CE. This assemblage improves our understanding of the trade networks interconnecting the Mediterranean basin during the 6th and 7th c. CE. In this context, we argue that the unknown production center of the A2 ewers was located in the northern Adriatic, probably in Ravenna

Ancient history · Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Byzantine architecture · Context (archaeology · Excavation · Geography · Mediterranean Basin · Mediterranean climate · Pottery · Ravenna · Structural basin · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological and Historical Studies · History · Geology · Paleontology

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