Inkwell
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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