The Ancient Greek Economy. Markets, Households and City-States

PATTERNS OF AMPHORA STAMP DISTRIBUTION 223

Production
centers
Find spots

Cnidos Cos Rhodes Thasos

Eastern Black Sea and
inland

240 174 1,942 2,133

Northern Black Sea
and inland

206 161 15,000 1,146

Southern Black Sea 1 60

Gordion 54

Troas 22 2 40 25

Lesbos 5 4 77 6

Aiolis 2 16 2

Pergamon 36 34 1,108 101

Ionia 12 33 162 9

Samos 41 66 886 15

Caria 43 43 262 11

Lycia 3 24

Crete 11 9 90 5

Rhodes 106 8 see 1st row 65

Pampylia/Cilicia 4 1 120 3

Cyprus 63 45 3,564 42

Levant 54 96 5,026 33

Mesopotamia 47 2

Arabia 6

Egypt 200 127 2,204 26

Alexandria 7,116 1,503 100,000a 216

Libya 5 8

Carthage 2 536

Collections 13,759 116 4,821 811

Total number of
stamps

51,080 4,966 155,765b 23,537b

a According to the estimation of Empereur (1998b: 398), this is the approximate number of Rhodian han-
dles in the Museum of Alexandria.
b According to the estimation of Garlan ( 2007 :  565–6), the total number of known Rhodian stamps is
200,000 and of Thasian 30,000.