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of Chios and Mende needs to be separated from their Hellenistic stamped

amphoras, because of significant changes in style and frequency of stamping

(the Hellenistic stamps of Chios and Mende are arranged in category 3).

Stamped amphoras of these small- to medium-sized productions trav-

elled far from their place of origin, showing special concentrations in cer-

tain regions:  Chian stamps are mainly found in Athens and the Crimea,

Erythraian in Athens, Hierapytnian in Alexandria, Ikian and Mendean in

Table 9.3. Find Spots and Counts of Amphora Stamps from Cities of Subgroup 2c

Production

centers

Find spots

Chios

(Classical)

Erythrae Hierapytna Ikos Mende

(Classical)

Peparethos

Production city unknown
no., (10
in nearby
wreck)

6

Corinthia 2 1 1

Athens 16 26 5 18 2

Euboea 1

Aegean Islands 3 (Thasos) 7 (Thasos),
2 (Lemnos)

Macedonia 1

Aegean Thrace 5 2 2

Inland Thrace 2

Eastern Black Sea
and inland

6 2 1 7 6

Northern Black
Sea and inland

23 4 9 13 20

Pergamon 1

Caria 3

Crete 1+1?

Cyprus 1

Alexandria 8 2

Collections 5 3 7 unknown
site: 6

Total number of
stamps

43 60+ 11+1? 30 62 34