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Subgroup 2b: Mainly Regional

Next, we have series of stamps that have been found at distant sites, but their

main volume comes from or near their place of origin. In this category we

have the productions of seven cities (see Table 9.2): Ainos (dated from the last

Table 9.1. Find Spots of Amphora Stamps from Cities of Subgroup 2a

Production

centers

Find spots

Abydus Alexandria

Troas

Colophon Cyzicus Lesbos Ouranopolis

Production city 1

Corinthia 1 2

Attica 1

Athens 1 3 2

Euboea

Aegean islands 1 (Cos) 1 (Thasos)

Macedonia

Aegean Thrace 1 3

Eastern Black

Sea

2 1 2

Northern Black

Sea

2 3 4 1

Troas 1 2

Lesbos 1 s. 1st row

Aeolis 1 1

Samos 1

Rhodes 1

Egypt 1 1

Alexandria 3 1 1

Collections 1

Total number of

stamps

6 8 10 5 11 8

Note: In the lists presented in this chapter, the find spots of the stamps are arranged in broad regions. The defini-
tion and the order of the regions listed are set according to Hansen and Nielsen 2004 , with some further divi-
sions where needed, e.g., Ionian islands, Levant, Egypt, etc. Some sites with exceptional collections of stamps
are excluded from their region and mentioned separately, e.g., Athens, Delos, Alexandria. This arrangement of
the distribution lists according to regions has been selected for reasons of uniformity and comparability.