Amphora
32-36-23
From: Italy | Mediterranean | Minturnae
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 32-36-23 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Campanian | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | Mediterranean | Minturnae |
| Manufacture Location | Campania |
| Locus | Refuse Heap of Potter's Shop |
| Date Made | 299-200 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Glaze |
| Description | Ring foot. Plump ovoid body. neck and rima re merely the outturning of the wall above. Slight flanging within mouth suggests that there would have been a cover. Thickened strap handle attached on upper body and on mid-neck. Buff clay, fine grain. Unglazed: resting surfaceand underside of foot. Otherwise covered with black glaze with large mottled areas. One handle and about two-thirds of rim and neck are missing. Glaze dipped. |
| Height | 12.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Minturnae (Italy) Expedition, Jotham Johnson, 1932 |
| Other Number | 1350 - Field No SF |
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