Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Rome; Glaze; Clay (unfired)

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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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