Plate

32-36-39

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Italy | Latium | Minturnae

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 32-36-39
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Latium | Minturnae
Locus Well above polygonal wall, N.W.
Date Made Late 1st c. BCE-early 1st c. CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Terra Sigillata
Description

The high rim is decorated with applied theatrical masks and plant tendrils. The potter's initials, LRC, are stamped in the interior. The dull surface gloss may be the result of the environment in which it survived.

Height 2.5 cm
Length 9.7 cm
Width 5 cm
Credit Line Minturnae (Italy) Expedition, Jotham Johnson, 1932

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