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See large image amphora Accession number: 3343 Collection place: Guadalquivir Valley, Southern Spain Production date: Roman Material: ceramic Measurements: L 200 mm Museum Section: Roman Summary: Handle of amphora in buff fabric, broken off at neck and body junctions of type Dressel 20 with stamp: Q.C.RA. Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store) Category: Roman storage vessels (amphorae). Sub-category: Globular olive oil amphorae. Related publications Funari, Pedro Paulo A., Dressel 20 inscriptions from Britain and the consumption of Spanish olive oil British Archaeological Reports British Series 250 Tempus Reparatum, (1996). Volume 250 ISSN ISBN 0860548392 (Object details: p 33 no 66d, published)

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