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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