Spätantike und mittelalterliche Keramik aus Ephesos

The here presented volume contains several articles concerning late roman an medieval pottery from Ephesus. It is based on unpublished material, stored in the Ephesian depots since more than a decade. The subject of the first three articles is the medieval history of the Artemision site itself. M. Weissls contribution contains an analysis of the medieval structures as well as graves and the stratigraphy, which is not very easy to reconstruct because of the digging methods. J. Vrooms contribution allows to date these structures into the 12th to 15th century based on her pottery analysis. Moulds, wasters and other potter`s equipment are evidence for a medieval potter`s quarter on the former sanctuary of Artemis. Aside the local production a lot of varios imports give an impression about the trade connection of medieval Ephesus/Ayasoluk. They came from Spain as well as from Iran or China. The local production can be compared with other wares in Asia Minor, like in Pergamon and Miletos. Due to chemical analyses, done by Y. Waksman in Lyon, and petrographical ones (thin-section and heavy minerals) by R. Sauer (Vienna) it is now quite clear that ancient clay pits were used also later on. S. Metaxas presents in her study all stamps on byzantine ampullae found in Ephesus. Additionally to more types are published, a local variant of the well known ampulla and the so-called Ephesian amphoriskoi. In these vessels, which are doubtless local products (see the contribution of R. Sauer and S. Ladstätter) wine was shipped (contribution R. Linke and S. Stanek). The article of S. Ladstätter and R. Sauer concerning LRC and comparable local products show that the LRC is the dominant ware in late roman context in Ephesus. Nevertheless local potters produced similar vessels in form and decoration. While the LRC came from Phokaia and Grynion, the local products can be compared with several other wares of Hellenistic and Roman times. Finally T. Bezeczky and P. Scherrer present the late Roman amphorae from the Tetragonos-Agora. Apart from the well known types the contribution is focused on several local amphoras, which are not classified at the moment.