Vasi da miele in Etruria. Confronti archeologici ed etnografici per le olle stamnoidi ‘a colletto’

Abstract

RIASSUNTO 12L'articolo esamina le olle stamnoidi a colletto, vasi realizzati in Etruria in età ellenistica. La presenza del colletto sulla spalla, uno spazio vuoto delimitato da un cordone plastico, è un elemento che accomuna questa forma vascolare ai potes meleiros iberici e melopitari greci. Come questi, anche le olle stamnoidi possono quindi essere considerate specifici contenitori per lo stoccaggio di miele. RESUMENEl presente artículo analiza las ollas con forma de stamnos a colletto, vasos contenedores realizados en Etruria durante la época helenística. Estos vasos se caracterizan por tener un canal circular en el hombro, por eso es posible asociar esta forma cerámica con la de los potes meleiros ibéricos y con la de los melopitari grecos. Por eso, las ollas tienen que considerarse específicos contenedores para conservar la miel. SUMMARYThis paper discusses stamnoid jars a colletto. These vases, made in Etruria during the Hellenistic period, are characterised by a peculiar rib that creates an empty channel around the entire circumference of the vase. Similar features can also be found on Iberian potes meleiros and Greek melopitari. Like these latter two types of vases, the aforementioned Etruscan jars may also be considered as being devoted primarily to honey storage. PAROLE CHIAVE: vasi per la conservazione del miele; melopitari; potes meleiros; Etruria preromana.PALABRAS CLAVE: vasos para conservar la miel; melopitari; potes meleiros; Etruria prerromana.1 Per aver discusso con me, in anni più o meno recenti, questo studio sono particolarmente grato a D. Gandolfi (Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri), a L. Gambaro (Soprintendenza Archeologia della Liguria) e ad A. Ciacci (Università di Siena). Ringrazio Francesco Giancane, Andrea Masi, Cristina Nervi e Alessia Astesiano per i consigli durante la redazione del testo.2 paolo.persano@sns.it

Chromatographic analysis of honey ceramic artefacts

“…The containers most frequently recovered by archaeologists are Roman and Byzantine, their identification as honeypots made possible due to inscriptions (graffiti and tituli picti)(Peña2007). As well as selling honey in amphorae and in other medium-long distance transport containers, this product was also stored and sold at a local or regional level, in household instruments called instrumenta domestica (Persano 2016).…”

“…Although it is difficult to recognize the containers used to transport and preserve honey, there are some specific forms well documented in the Iberian Peninsula, in North Central Italy and throughout the Mediterranean basin, including Greek vases especially adapted for this purpose (Morais 2014;Persano 2016). These honeypots are characteristic containers due to a particularly pronounced shoulder (sometimes two) in the shape of a rim or Beyelash^, generally placed about one third from the top of the vase or near their mouth (examples in Fig.…”