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Eastern Sigillata Stamped Dish

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Second half of the 1st–first half of the 2nd century A.D.

Orange fabric with a brick-red slip covering the entire surface except for the foot, fired brown in some areas.

Vertical wall with an angular flange molding and rounded rim with two grooves on the interior. Tall, broad pedestal foot. The interior is stamped with a wide rouletted circle of fine linear notches and a central planta pedis within an inner grooved circle.

Small stable crack; otherwise intact. Lime deposits and numerous root marks.

Height: 1.5 in. (3.8 cm).
Diameter: 8.2 in. (20.8 cm).