406 Biccone
Figure 15.13 a: Forum Ware jug from the excavation of the
shipwrecks of Olbia harbor (10th–11th c.); b:
Sparse Glaze from the excavation of Largo
Monache Capuccine in Sassari.
area of the excavation at Largo Monache Cappuccine (Fig. 15.14).46 Attributed
to the same chronological horizon are several findings from the excava-
tion of the palazzo of Ardara, which include a piece of majolica, probably
ribbed walls, used for the commerce of oil, wine, and cured tuna: Biccone et al., “La circo-
lazione di maioliche a Sassari,” p. 125.
46 Biccone, “Relazioni economiche,” pp. 163–164. Archeometric analyses carried out by Paola
Mameli have pinpointed the production area in eastern Sicily.