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Roman Two-Handled Flagon
$750.00
Second half of the 3rd–first half of the 4th century A.D.
Light cream-orange, fine-grained fabric with a dark red glossy slip of metallic sheen covering the exterior, extending inside below the rim and terminating at the lower body; fired dark brown in some areas.
Globular body gradually tapering to a narrow neck with an angular flange molding at the rim. Low foot with a protruding central area on the underside. Two handles of rectangular cross-section, each with a central longitudinal groove on the exterior. Two grooves encircle the shoulder and two the upper neck. Multiple wheel marks.
Intact. Lime deposits and root marks.
Height: 5.7 in. (14.8 cm).
Parallels: H. S. Robinson, Pottery of the Roman Period: The Athenian Agora, Vol. V, Princeton, 1959, pp. 56, 58–59, 64, 74.
