{"id":6423,"date":"2026-01-09T17:10:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/pannelli-didattici-e-mappe\/general-panels\/dolia\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:19:48","slug":"dolia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/general-panels\/dolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dolia<\/em>\u00a0are large terracotta containers, roughly spherical in shape, used from the Republican period to the Middle Ages to hold liquid foodstuffs like oil and wine. They often bear inscriptions indicating their capacity, measured in\u00a0amphorae<\/em>\u00a0and generally equal to or over 1000 litres, or stamps providing information on their manufacture: three of the specimens on display preserve stamps indicating that they came from Minturno, in southern Lazio, and their date (around the mid-1st<\/sup>\u00a0century AD).<\/p>\n

Dolia<\/em>\u00a0were used both to transport and to store goods: those on display, recovered at different times off the coast of Lazio, certainly belonged to the cargoes of the merchant ships that plied the Mediterranean; by contrast, the buried dolia (known as\u00a0dolia defossa<\/em>) that can be seen in many of Ostia\u2019s buildings, such as the Caseggiato dei Doli and the Casa di Annio, were used for storage.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tEngraving with a general view of the Caseggiato dei Doli (P. Cacchiatelli, G. Cleter)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tReconstruction of a ship with a cargo of dolia (M.B. Carre, R. Roman, CCJ, CNRS, Aix-en-Provence)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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