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See large image amphora Accession number: 11603 Production date: Roman; mid 1st-3rd century Material: ceramic Measurements: H 150 mm; DM 179 mm Museum Section: Roman Summary: Amphora rim (form: Dressel 20) with graffiti, IIII and IIV, scratched on opposite sides of the rim before firing. These may represent numbers: IIII = 4; IIV = either 7 (backwards) or, possibly, 3. 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Funari, Pedro Paulo A., Olive-oil consumption patterns in Roman Britain, with an index of Dressel 20 inscriptions Unpublished, (1990). (Object details: p 122 nos 8-9, published)

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