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MS5929

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5929
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made 1st century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Signature | Horseshoe
Description

Intact save for some flaking. Plain, concave discus with small filling hole encircled by two lines of wheel grooving. Pinch handle horizontally pierced. Nozzle short, shovel shaped in plan. A signature and a horseshoe stamp on bottom which is encircled by a wheel-run line. Dull buff clay with traces of red glaze.

Length 10 cm
Outside Diameter 7.5 cm

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