Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: Rome

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0671
Lot: Meader, Cecil
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamps
Materials: Glaze; Clay (unfired)
Width: 7.2
Height: 3.4
Inscribed: yes
Artifact Obverse Inscription: FORTIS
Full Artifact Description: Gray micaceous clay with worn black glaze. End of nozzle missing. Raised edge about depressed discus continues along nozzle forming channel on neck and probably enclosing wick hole. Air hole in neck. Plain sloping rim with two unpierced knobs nearer nozzle than handle. Broad band handle broken. Grooved base ring about stamp in good raised letters. FORTIS
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Rome
Countermark: no
Inscription Obverse Text: FORTIS
Type Category: Artifact

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Rome; Glaze; Clay (unfired)