Rome, Italy. The Black-Glazed Pottery from a Republican Context in the Ancient ›Area Capitolina‹. Morphology, Typology, and an Interpretation of Context. Research Carried Out between October 2021 and June 2022

This contribution presents the preliminary results of the study of black gazed pottery found on the Capitoline Hill in Rome. Its purpose is to investigate the place of manufacture and chronology of the fragments, with the aim of dating the activity conducted in the formation of the layers in which pottery was discovered. The study was carried out as part of the Kapitol Projekt, currently still ongoing, sponsored by the Capitoline Superintendency in collaboration with the German Archaeological Institute and the Chairs of Professor Massimiliano Papini and Professor F. R. Stasolla of the Sapienza University of Rome. The ceramic fragments come from strata dating to the Republican period, probably from the beginning of the 2nd century BC, and were found near the southern slopes of the Capitoline Hill in the area now known as Belvedere Tarpeo.