Museum of London Ceramics and Glass Collection Museum of London Ceramics and Glass Collection Ceramics Glass

Ceramic object

amphora; carrot amphora

Accession number: L267/31
Collection place: Egypt
Production date: Late Iron Age-Roman; 1st century
Material: ceramic
Measurements: L 308 mm; DM 80 mm
Museum Section: Roman
Summary: Incomplete carrot amphora, reconstructed from three sherds, Camulodunum type 189. Peacock & Williams class 12.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Roman storage vessels (amphorae).
Sub-category: 'Carrot' amphorae.