Last July, the Boletín Ex Officina Hispana number 14 of the Sociedad de Estudios de la Cerámica Antigua en Hispania (SECAH) was published. A new issue with an interesting editorial dedicated to “La aportación de los pecios a los estudios cerámicos en época Antigua” by Rut Geli (pp. 2-5) and the main article “La cerámica de la Edad del Hierro y el cambio de Era en Galicia: estado de la investigación y perspectivas de futuro” by Alba A. Rodríguez Nóvoa (pp. 112-129). Among the 27 news about pottery productions from ancient and medieval times in the Iberian Peninsula, we stand out for its theme “Apuntes sobre algunas ánforas griegas documentadas en el litoral gaditano y sus implicaciones arqueohistóricas” by Carmen Ramírez Cañas and Antonio M. Sáez Romero (pp. 10-14), on the presence of Magno-Greek amphorae from the second half of the 5th century BC in the Cádiz area; “A propósito de un fragmento inédito de un lagynos de engobe blanco procedente de Mesas de Asta (Jerez de la Frontera) by Álvaro Miranda García and Antonio M. Sáez Romero (pp. 18-23), on a Hellenistic lagynos of oriental production; “Una forma particular de cerámica ibérica de engobe blanco de influencia griega procedente de Pollentia (Alcúdia, Mallorca) by Joel Bellviure et alii (pp. 23-26), on a jug of Emporitan production from the end of the 2nd century BC of clear Greek tradition; and “Un ánfora tripolitana antigua con marca ARIS hallada en Sant Joan Despí” by Alejandro Ros Mateos and Jordi Roig Buxó (pp. 27-31), on a stamp in the Greek alphabet on an ancient Tripolitan amphora from the second half of the 2nd century BC.
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SECAH website: https://www.exofficinahispana.org
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