Roman Egypt to peninsular India (patterns of trade)
by Sunil Gupta | 1997 | 132,380 words
This essay examines the early maritime trade between India and the Roman Empire, focusing on archaeological evidence from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD. It analyzes artifacts from Mediterranean origin found in peninsular India and Indian Ocean regions, exploring trade routes, commodities, and business practices. It situates Indo-Roman tr...
7. Black Glazed Ware
Specimens of the Greek Black Glazed classic pottery were found in Failaka in levels dated to 285-250 B.C. (Potts 1990:166-168). A fragment of a black polished bowl from Devnimori (Gujarat) having incurved rim and convex belly has been classified as 'Black arretine type' and dated to the early centuries of the Christian Era (Mehta and Chowdhary 1966:69,87). The published drawing of the pottery (Mehta and Chowdhary 1966 Fig 36:106) is similar to a redware bowl from the Lower Pd (1 st-2 nd century A.D.) levels of Qana (Yemen). Though the excavator has illustrated the latter as part of the terra sigillata corpus, he associates the bowl with the Indian Red Polished Ware (Sedov 1996: fig.4:19; Pl. XIX.d).