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MS5813

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS5813
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Stone
Description

Intact save for minor chips of lip. Highly polished very hard black stone with some flecks of light green. Flat bottom. Single curve of profile from lip to bottom. Greatest circumference a bit below middle at level of lower handle attachment. Upper part concave in profile. Vertical handle, with small thumb rest, attached above just below lip. Incised decoration: line of upside down egg and dart just above level of lower attachment and two triangular arrangements widely spaced.

Height 13.5 cm
Outside Diameter 8.9 cm

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