Thymiaterion
Incense Burner
32-36-29
From: Italy | Latium | Minturnae
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 32-36-29 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Campanian | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | Latium | Minturnae |
| Manufacture Location | Campania |
| Locus | Refuse Heap of Potter's Shop |
| Date Made | 399-200 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Glaze |
| Description | Below is a disk within which is the point of attachment of a subsantial stem. Shallow bowl, convex in profile. Widelyoverhanging rim convex above. On the top of the rim are stamped 3 palmettes and 3 rosettes, alternating, beneath the glaze. Intact save for missing lower part or parts. Fine grained buff clay. Good quality glaze mottled black and red over all. |
| Height | 3.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Minturnae (Italy) Expedition, Jotham Johnson, 1932 |
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