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Ceramics home: Roman storage vessels (amphorae): Globular olive oil amphorae.

Ceramic object

amphora

Accession number: 11580
Collection place: Southern Spain
Production date: Roman; mid 1st-3rd century
Material: ceramic
Museum Section: Roman
Summary: Handle of amphora in pink fabric of type Dressel 20 with stamp: QMR backwards.
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 50 no 154d, published)

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