Rare Roman Terra Sigillata mortar
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Object number
AR3042
| Object: |
Pottery mortar (bowl for rasping)
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| Material: |
Terra sigillata
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| Date |
1st - 4th century A.D. Roman Empire, North African workshop |
| Description: |
Massive bowl with flat base and conical wall. Broad upended rim, sharply cut at the transition between the bowl inside and the lip. The rim is decorated with elongate stamps showing stylized feet and palm leaves. At one side spout, therein stamp with foot. The small stones on the inner bowl surface enabled the use as a rasp bowl. |
| Size: |
Height 41 mm, diameter 180 mm.
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| Condition: |
Stable crack, small surface chips, otherwise only minimal wear. Nicely preserved, massive piece. Collection number "D7" in white on the lower side.
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| Reference: |
For a similar mortar (however with broader base and not so prominent rim) see E. Gose, Gefässtypen der römischen Keramik im Rheinland (Köln 1976) Nr. 460
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2020 from the German private collection U. Kabs, inherited in this 2019 from the German private collection Dr. K. Kabst. Acquired November 30, 1977, at Adolf Buch Antiquitäten, Kreuztal in Westf., Germany (copy of the invoice is preserved). Reported to have been found in El Djem, Tunis.
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| Authenticity: |
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