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Roman Mug

$375.00

3rd–4th century A.D.

Dark orange, fine-grained fabric with a dark red slip covering the exterior and extending onto the interior of the lip, terminating at the lower body.

Low-bellied body with a flat base and short, flaring rim. Handle of flattened cross-section. The surface displays pronounced spiral wheel-ridging.

Intact. Lime deposits.

Height: 3.5 in. (8.8 cm).

Parallels: A. Rădulescu, “Contribuții la cunoașterea ceramicii romane de uz comun din Dobrogea,” Pontica, 1975, p. 338, pl. VI, 1–3; C. Scorpan, “Descoperiri arheologice diverse de la Sacidava,” Pontica 11, 1978, p. 156, pl. I, 1.