La production des amphores ovoïdes de type « Africaine ancienne » à Utique

The new researches undertaken at Utica made it possible to better localize the production place of old African amphorae, that the last discoveries authorized their attribution to the north-eastern area of Northern Tunisia. Indeed, among the ceramic findings delivered by the recent excavation of a kiln built out of mud bricks according to the Phoenician tradition, and the excavation of a ceramic dump well delimited by adobe walls, are several shards of edges, handles and feet classified in this ovoid-shaped amphora type. The petrographic analysis of certain samples confirmed the homogeneity of the clay and suggests that these amphorae belong to only one same group of a local production.