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Large Late Roman Dish

$275.00

Second half of the 4th–first quarter of the 5th century A.D.

Orange fabric with a dark red-orange slip covering the entire surface except for the exterior of the base.

Broad, flat floor with curved walls and an incurved rim. Two grooves near the edge of the underside; the central area is slightly recessed.

Mended from four fragments. Lime deposits and numerous root marks.

Height: 1.8 in. (4.6 cm).
Diameter: 13 in. (33 cm).

For a related dish: J. W. Hayes, Late Roman Pottery, British School at Rome, London, 1972, p. 110, fig. 18, no. 14.

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