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of imports into these regions? Intensive study of the findings of the excava-
tions of the Greek Archaeological Service is required before one can draw any
conclusions about the absence of amphora stamps in large areas of the Greek
mainland.
Another interesting result of the study of the diffusion of amphora stamps
is that most of the find spots lie along coasts. Yet, river transport as well as land
transport is attested, but on a much smaller scale, as one would expect.Table 9.6. Assortments of Amphora Stamps Found in Certain Areas in Descending OrderA. Stamps found in
Corinthia: 2,437
B. Stamps found in the West
(Spain, France, Italy, Sicily,
Adriatic, Carthage): 3,036C. Stamps found in the East
(Cyprus, Cilicia, Levant,
Mesopotamia, Arabia): 9,220- Cnidian: 2,025 (4%)
- Corcyrean: 166 (33%)
- Rhodian: 162 (0.08%)
- Corinthian: 161 (80%)
- Thasian: 27 (0.09%)
- Chian: 2 Classical (4.6%) / 8
Hellenistic (0.6%) - Ephesian: 6 (2%)
- Mendean
Hellenistic: 6 (0.8%) - Coan: 4 (0.1%)
- Zacynthian: 3 (60%)
- Parian: 2 (0.9%)
- Lesbian: 2 (18)
- Aenian: 1 (0.8%)
- Ilian: 1 (2.4%)
- Cyzicene: 1 (20%)
- Pylian: 1 (100%)
- Rhodian: 2,898 (1.4%)
- Cnidian: 64 (0.1%)
- Corcyrean: 34 (6.8%)
- Coan: 20 (0.4%)
- Chian
Hellenistic: 10 (0.7%) - Corinthian: 3 (1.5%)
- Thasian: 3 (0.01%)
- Parian: 2 (0.9%)
- Akanthian: 1 (0.06%)
- Ephesian: 1 (0.3%)
- Rhodian: 8.763 (4.4%)
- Coan: 142 (2.9%)
- Cnidian 121 (0.2%)
- Thasian: 80 (0.3%)
- Chian: 1 Classical (2.3%)
/73 Hellenistic (5.5%) - Ephesian: 19 (6.7%)
- Acanthian: 6 (0.4%)
- Corcyrean: 5 (1%)
- Mendean
Hellenistic: 4 (0.5%) - Samian: 3 (2.6%)
- Parian: 2 (0.9%)
- Pergamene: 1 (3.2%)
D. Stamps found in the Black Sea: 21,995
(Inland Thrace, Propontis, Southern/Northern/Western Black Sea and inlands)
- Rhodian: 17,137 (9%)
- Thasian: 3,477 (12%)
- Cnidian: 475 (0.9%)
- Coan: 348 (7%)
- Acanthian: 216 (13%)
- Mendean: 22 Classical (35%)
/ 72 Hellenistic (10%) - Parian: 74 (34%)
- Chian: 23 Classical (53%) /
41 Hellenistic (3%) - Peparethian: 26 (76%)
- Aenian: 13 (10%)
- Erythraean: 10 (17%)
- Ikian: 10 (33%)
- Ilian: 8 (19%)
- Samothracian: 6 (0.4%)
- Ephesian: 4 (1.4%)
- Lesbian: 4 (36%)
- Smyrnean: 4 (57%)
- Alexandrian: 3 (37%)
- Colophonian: 3 (30%)
- Ouranopolian: 3 (37%)
- Abydan: 2 (33%)
- Corinthian: 2 (1%)
- Hierapytnian: 2 (18%)
- Oisymean: 2 (17%)
- Pergamene: 2 (6.4%)
- Amorgian: 1 (20%)
- Eretrian: 1 (33%)
- Hephaistian: 1? (50%?)
- Cymean: 1 (33%)
- Milesian: 1 (0.9%)
- Naxian: 1 (50%)
- Samian: 1 (0.8%)
Numbers in brackets state the ratio of the given stamps to the total count of stamps of each class.