Plate

38-11-1

From: Italy | Etruria

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 38-11-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria
Date Made pre 299 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Wheel Made | Burnished | Incised
Iconography Etruscan Inscription | Graffito
Description

Clean reddish buff clay, wheelmade. Burnished well on wheel. small disc-base. Plate flat with raised band .021 wide around margin on top. Incised on band after firing, Etruscan inscription, from right to left. Inscription: "Vel Titus Catha (son of) Vel (and a woman of the family) of Vibenna"

Height 2.1 cm
Outside Diameter 12.9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Freeman's, 1938

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