Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
$350.00
3rd century A.D.
Pink-orange, fine-grained fabric with a dark red slip covering the exterior and terminating at the lower body.
Low-bellied body with a small flat foot. Flaring rim, with molding at the junction of the body and neck. Small handle attached to the lower wall and just below the rim. Multiple wheel marks visible on the surface.
Intact. Heavy lime deposits on the interior with numerous root marks.
Height: 3.5 in. (8.8 cm).
Parallels: H. S. Robinson, Pottery of the Roman Period: The Athenian Agora, Vol. V, Princeton, 1959, p. 87, pl. 18, M36; J. W. Hayes, “The Villa Dionysos Excavations, Knossos: The Pottery,” BSA 78, London, 1983, p. 109, fig. 11, no. 150.