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Amphora, Dressel 20 amphora
Handle from a globular amphora (form Dressel 20) in buff fabric, with the stamp 'ROMANI' - the 'I' is in the form of a palm branch.
The amphora was used to export olive oil from Baetica, a Roman province in what is now southern Spain. It was made in one of the many potters' workshops in the Guadalquivir vally, the centre of the olive oil trade. The stamp is likely to indicate the owner or exporter of the oil, 'belonging to Romanus'.
- Category:
- Roman
- Object ID:
- 3800
- Object name:
- amphora, Dressel 20 amphora
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- Roman
- Material:
ceramic, earthenware
- Measurements/duration:
- L 185 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 40%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- —
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