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Roman Two-Handled Flagon

$575.00

First half of the 1st century A.D.

Light cream-orange, fine-grained fabric with a glossy orange slip covering the exterior, extending inside below the rim and terminating at the lower body.

Ovoid body with rounded shoulders, tapering gradually toward a narrow conical neck. Flaring horizontal rim with an internal groove. Low ring foot with a flat underside. Two handles of rectangular cross-section attached to the upper body and below the rim.

Intact. Lime deposits and root marks.

Height: 8.2 in. (20.8 cm).

For related pottery: H. S. Robinson, Pottery of the Roman Period: The Athenian Agora, Vol. V, Princeton, 1959, p. 2, fig. 72.

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