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The form evolved considerably through the fourth to seventh centuries (Pieri, 2005; Reynolds, 2005). In fact precursors of LRA 1 can be traced back to the mid third century AD, and one can see that this in turn succeeded the Pompeii 5 type (Reynolds, 2005a; Arthur & Oren,1998). Fourth century AD examples have a tall, narrow neck with a small folded band rim, and probably a small pear shaped body ending in a small nipple base (in fact a reduced size version of the mid third century AD base). Handles are wrapped to create a deep concave face, clearly derived from the handles of Pompeii 5 and its successors of the early-mid third century AD. In the early to mid fifth century AD the LRA 1 was first exported en masse to western ports, to the troops on the Lower Danube and to Alexandria (Egloff 169). It now has a shorter, more tronconical neck, the same band rim, wider shoulder and corresponding right angled handle profile. The handles are now twisted and semi-closed. During the second half of the fifth century AD the neck becomes wider and more cylindrical, though the base of the neck is still tronco-conical. The rim now receives a wide concave face, formed by folding the neck over or by simply running the finger across to form the concave moulding. Another (Cilician) variant has a small triangular rim projection and plain upper neck. Handles are now closed and bear the characteristic double stepped concave moulding of the sixth century AD variants. Handles can be fairly narrow and delicate in this period. The base bears a small nipple-indent on the inside, as the fourth century AD variants. The late fifth century AD body is still pear-shaped. Sixth century examples (Egoff 164) differ by having a more cylindrical body and a rounded, plain base. The neck is also cylindrical, ending with a marked concave band. Handles are large and thick. The walls are ‘turned’ to create stepped wide flat sections separated by a narrow ridge. This ridge is in fact a spiral from the base to the neck. The same ribbing is found on later fifth century AD examples, but is not stepped. Narrow convex ribbing is characteristic of shoulder and base sections of fifth century AD and some early sixth century AD examples. The rim tops of LRA 1 of the fifth to seventh AD centuries can be markedly uneven, despite the care with which the rest of the vessel is made. Cypriot examples are perhaps the most carelessly made in this respect. In the late sixth and seventh centuries AD there were several small modules of LRA 1, wide and narrow-necked variants being contemporary (as in the Beirut early seventh century AD deposit BEY 006.5503). LRA 1 is often found bearing red dipinti in Greek, often Christian in theme (e.g. the Schola Praeconum II deposit: Whitehouse et alii, 1985; for discussion, see Pieri: 2005, 78-9). Some complete Beirut examples indicate that a full set comprise dipinti both sides of the neck, on the shoulder and (in tiny letters) behind one of the handles.
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