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amphora

Accession number: 17416
Collection place: Bay of Naples, Italy
Production date: Roman; mid 1st-early 2nd century
Material: ceramic
Measurements: H 295 mm; DM (rim) 132 mm; DM (shoulder) 168 mm
Museum Section: Roman
Summary: Rim, handles and body of amphora (form: Richborough 527, Peacock & Williams class 13).
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Roman storage vessels (amphorae).

Related publications

Davies, Barbara; Richardson, Beth; Tomber, Roberta, A dated corpus of early Roman pottery from the City of London CBA Research Report 98; Archaeology of Roman London 5 [London]: Museum of London; York: Council for British Archaeology, (1994). Pages: xviii, 283 pISSN ISBN 1872414001 (Object details: p 24 no 41 fig 17, published)

Green, C.M., The Roman pottery [Excavations at Billingsgate buildings, Lower Thames Street, 1974] Editor; Jones, David M.; Rhodes, M. [finds reports editor] London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Special Paper 4 London: London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, (1980). Pages: 39-79ISSN ISBN 0903290200 (Object details: fig 21, published)