transport amphora
- Museum number
- 1805,0703.216
- Description
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Roman amphora for transport of oil, Spanish, type Dressel 20.
- Production date
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1stC - 2ndC
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(early)1stC AD - (early)3rdC AD
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 36.60 centimetres (max)
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Height: 55.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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This amphora was probably excavated at the same time as 1805,0703.219 in the year 1772, as mentioned in T. Combe (1810) A Description of the collection of ancient terracottas in the British Museum with engravings. London: p. 1-2 - where 1805,0703.219 is said to have been excavated in the Baths of Titus in Rome, together with many others in the year 1772. Since both were in the collection of Charles Townley, they are likely to both have come from there. The baths then called the Baths of Titus are actually the Baths of Trajan.
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For full description of form see:
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/ archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/ details.cfm?id=83&CFID=14573&CFTOKEN=186CC0A7-3B52-4EEC- 94FD1C1FEE7B0970
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2018 23 Feb – 22 Apr, Nashville, Frist Art Museum, 'Rome; City &Empire'
2018-2019 20 Sep-04 Feb, Canberra, National Museum of Australia, 'Rome; City &Empire'
2021 13 Feb-15 Aug, Belgium, Tongeren, Gallo-Romeins Museum, 'Rome; City & Empire'
2021-2022 Aug - Oct, China, Suzhou Museum, 'Rome; City & Empire'
- Acquisition date
- 1805
- Acquisition notes
- Previously Unregistered
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1805,0703.216
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 2004,0406.1 (Erroneously re-registered)
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Miscellaneous number: 2006,0331.34 (Erroneously re-registered)
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Miscellaneous number: 2006,3103.34 (Erroneously re-registered)
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Miscellaneous number: JF110 (Unpublished catalogue number)
