Bowl Fragment

MS4096

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Italy | Orvieto

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4096
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Orvieto
Manufacture Location France | Gaul | La Graufesenque
Date Made 65-75 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Terra Sigillata
Description

Fragment of a South Gaulish Sigillata Bowl. Half of bowl (Dragendorff Form 37); red; decoration in low relief; unsigned.

The tiny rivet hole bored into the wall shows that this piece was valued enough to be repaired in antiquity.

Height 6.2 cm
Width 9.5 cm
Outside Diameter 13.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Robert H. Lamborn, 1898
Other Number B49 - Other Number

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