Fragment of a Roman Amphora with incised decoration or inscription

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Fragment of a Roman Amphora with incised decoration or inscription

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman period

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

12.9 x 8.7 cm (5 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.) greatest thickness: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.) smallest thickness: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)

Provenance

Gift of D.P. Lockwood to the Department of the Classics, 1910. Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977.

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