Tools and EquipmentRoman1st century BCE-2nd century CE

Inkwell

1st century BCE-2nd century CE

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Copper alloy

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period

Century

1st century BCE-2nd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

h. including loops 5.3 x diam. 6.1 cm (2 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

{Hesperia Art, Philadelphia, PA] (1969), sold; to the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1969-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.

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